Perhaps, you have heard about Lagrange points. These are the points at which gravity equilibrium occurs between two bodies - for instance, between the sun and the earth there is a point where the gravity is equal to zero or between the moon and the earth. There are also several other points which turn out to have equilibriums. Many of these points are quite stable, but they are not all stable. Depending on the size of the planets, or the amount of gravity they exert, the points may be more stable or less stable.
Now then, did you also know that in these Lagrange equilibrium areas is cosmic dust which has ended up there and it floats around without being pulled in any one direction - and did you know that we can tell from our space telescopes, spectrometers, and radio telescopes the type of materials, elements and gases which are parked at these Lagrange points, trapped there within the equilibrium area, what they are made of? Well, we almost have the capacity to know that and once we do, this might indeed help us very much.
Consider if you will that there may be hydrogen gas clouds, or various radioactive materials in these locations. Maybe these materials and elements can be used for fuel for space flight. It's like a free gas station. Glide in, collect the gas you need for fuel, find a way to jettison yourself out without igniting whatever else is there, and then fire up your rockets again and be off.
Since each planet in our solar system has these Lagrange points and there will be various types of gases at each one, all we have to do is separate the gases out which we need, and they can become our fuel. Recently, our think tank posed to this question to an astronomer, and a lover of science fiction, and he said that concept sounds intriguing. So, maybe we need to do some research on this and figure it out. Indeed I hope you please consider this.
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