npub1vu7uztz0rtxpejd095nl7k78kangchcu58s7cpnt05un5l2n9rsshgnmuv (npub1vu7…nmuv) Rail transport *on the Moon* will remain a pipe dream unless the tracks can be manufactured from local materials.
Typical track weight is 57 kg/metre of rail, so 1 tonne gets you less than 10 metres—a Starship could land maybe 1km of track on the Lunar surface, but no sleepers/ballast assuming standard terrestrial rails are used.
(It's going to get very expensive to ship it from Earth, very fast.)
Charlie Stross /
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2024-03-22 21:00:33
in reply to nevent1q…6a6k
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