Agreed, Europa and Ganymede don't have much of a gravity well, but they do have one. IIRC it was proposed to use geothermal sources on Io for power and beamcast it to the mining site. I suspect that wouldn't work really.
OTOH, you have Jupiter and save fuel/power by using a sling shot around that.
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Re: Well ...
Date: 2021-06-27 08:06 pm (UTC)Agreed, Europa and Ganymede don't have much of a gravity well, but they do have one. IIRC it was proposed to use geothermal sources on Io for power and beamcast it to the mining site. I suspect that wouldn't work really.
OTOH, you have Jupiter and save fuel/power by using a sling shot around that.