Postnificent t1_jd9nx8d wrote
Reply to comment by Majestic_Pitch_1803 in Couldn’t we land on an asteroid that is passing through our solar system and use that as a vessel for interstellar travel? by [deleted]
The only way the asteroid would offer protection from radiation is if it was hollow and made of lead, gold or water. The asteroid itself would likely be radioactive if you were mining space fuel for an interstellar journey. Hiding ships within meteors could have tactical advantages but why not just build the ship to look like a meteor?
Majestic_Pitch_1803 t1_jd9opzh wrote
Heavier to launch all that stuff and have it accelerate to such speeds
You have to get rid of radioactive waste sure. But surely that rock is no more radioactive that most other rock
Postnificent t1_jd9pod7 wrote
Ships like the ones you are speaking of must be built in orbit, we don’t have the technology to launch them without them coming apart yet.
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