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Pastimes : IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE
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To: username who wrote (60)3/11/1998 11:48:00 AM
From: Jacques Chitte   of 480
 
Bueno. I'll make it harder. :-)
Unbreathable air (no oxygen!), permanent cloud cover. If I wanted to be a REAL s.o.b. I'd further stipulate no available water.

With water available, the manufacture of ascent fuel makes the problem a lot easier. Imagine a ship a lot like the DCX Delta Clipper, a single-stage-to-orbit ice cream cone. Big-ass fuel tank. Fuel it just enough to manage a descent, then electrolyze enough H2O to fill the tanks for the run back to Mama. Keeping the fuel cryogenically cold - that might be tough. A small disposable (yucch) fission nuke - unshielded, behind a soil berm for rad. abatement - will be required to power the fuel splitter and fridge. A solar array capable of keeping up with demand might be too heavy/bulky to take down.
My wild musings anyway.
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