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Orbital Propellant Depots
« on: May 06, 2010, 03:30:38 PM »
I listened to the 05/03/2010 podcast of The Space Show: http://www.thespaceshow.com/  (Don,
this show is local in your neighborhood KKNW-AM.)  The show focused on an orbital propellant depot concept by Dallas Bienhoff of Boeing.
I question the economics of LEO or Lagrange fuel depots.  It seems like it would cost more to haul up additional fuel than hauling up the fuel with you.  I can see fuel depots on asteroids where the ice is harvested and made into fuel.  I can only see a depot being used if there is a source-on-site of fuel.

SM