Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!ima!pbear!peterb From: peterb@pbear.UUCP Newsgroups: net.space Subject: Re: Lunar Colony Message-ID: <80@pbear.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Mar-85 05:38:21 EST Article-I.D.: pbear.80 Posted: Mon Mar 4 05:38:21 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Mar-85 05:30:25 EST Lines: 16 Nf-ID: #R:ISM780:33300003:pbear:27600005:000:617 Nf-From: pbear!peterb Mar 2 13:56:00 1985 One Idea I think somebody must have kicked around is to design a rocket ship to land in as big a piece as possible(aka most mass) and then canniblize it to make your tools and get your raw sources. If one took time when designing this rocket, one could also design parts of tooling machinery INTO the rocket, so when you dismantle the rocket, voila! You have your parts to build a CAT bulldozer, lathe, etc. Still it is a lot of mass to cart around, but If you're gonna do it, go all the way, and then rip up your bridge behind you to build the one in front of you.... Peter Barada ima!pbear!peterb