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Re: Transit Time to Mars
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Wed, 15 Dec 1999 21:53:21 GMT
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tking@together+stopspam+.net
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The 1G for days is what's hard to believe, given
current technology....
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Regards,
Terry King ...In The Woods In Vermont
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 | | Re: Transit Time to Mars
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| (...) Hmm, what about small unmanned craft for overnight package delivery? (FedEx in Space ;-) How much fuel is in one of those space shuttle booster rockets and how much of that is wasted getting to escape velocity? I bet if a small rocket were (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
| | | Re: Transit Time to Mars
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| (...) I didn't *say* the problem was realistic. OTOH, if you're interested in some powerful interplanetary propulsion devices, I've got an idea that just needs a few more giga-bucks to bring to completion ... Steve (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Transit Time to Mars
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| Basic physics word problem, which I thought of because of NASA's publicity about renewed Mars exploration, and putting people on Mars: If a spaceship could accelerate at a constant rate of 1G, how long would it take to get safely to Mars? Assume the (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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