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Maybe a dumb question, or not worth a thread, but using a combination of launch assist options, could you set up a cislunar transportation network that uses minimal fuel to get to the Moon?
Such as an Orbital ring -> Skyhook -> Lunar space elevator.
The orbital ring has elevators stretching to the Earth's surface, and ~roughly brings you to the Kármán line. You're accelerated by rail, matching the velocity of an oncoming skyhook, and flinging you to the Earth-Moon L1 point. A couple days later, you're pulled onto the elevator, and descend to the surface.
I want to constantly accelerate. I've got to get back from the moon before my lunch break is over
Don't stop yet. We're going all the way to polar space elevators, directly attached to each other. We'll need a lot of slack, but it's doable.
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