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  Re: Transit Time to Mars
 
Jasper Said: (...) Isn't that what the NASA guy said when they lost contact with the last martian probe? :) (Running, Ducking, and hiding under something very soild...like down a mine shaft...after all, after 30 hrs at 1 G acceleration, I don't want (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Real Audio files
 
(...) online? (...) Yeah, just click on the link (if it's on a web page) and choose "Save File As". If it's not on a web page, a.k.a you're selecting it from the Real Audio program's menu or directory, you could find the web page where it's located (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Transit Time to Mars
 
(...) No it doesn't. It takes a tremendous amount of CHEMICAL fuel, but you need to use something with a much higher specific impulse. The problem is that your chemical exhaust is going WAY too slow, hence you're not transferring much momentum. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Real Audio files
 
(...) Right-Click on the link, save as.., look into the resulting .rm file with a text editor, copy the link you see there to your browser/favorite file-download program (I like GetRight, for my windows work), replace the pnm:// with http:// if (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Transit Time to Mars
 
(...) Don't forget that the space shuttle accelerates with only a few g relative to earth, so that's (a few + 1) when applied in space. And as someone mentioned, unless you have manufacturing in space, or very cheap earth -> LEO methods (which is (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)


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