How to get yourself a vacation on another WORLD !!!
On Aug 6, 7:58*pm, giveitawhirl2008
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On Aug 6, 7:37*pm, giveitawhirl2008
wrote:
On Aug 6, 9:33*am, BradGuth wrote:
On Aug 5, 5:26*pm, giveitawhirl2008
wrote:
On Aug 3, 9:37*pm, Sylvia Else wrote:
giveitawhirl2008 wrote:
On Aug 2, 8:08 am, Sylvia Else wrote:
I think I'll wait until fusion rockets have been developed.
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(Also responding to BradGuth, on swinging cats, etc. - Schrodinger
didn't like cats, either, did he?) :-)
Sylvia Else wrote: " I think I'll wait until fusion rockets have been
developed."
That's one my most key points; the idea is to develop a FAST system.
It might be fission, fusion, antimatter, or whatever. The idea to me
is to have CONGRESS MANDATE acceleration of 1G and cruising speed of 1
million mph.
Once you've reached the point where propellant mass is not significant
compared with payload, you might as well run a constant acceleration all
the way (including during turnover), even if that's only, say, 0.1g.
This also reduces the power requirements, resulting in a lighter power
generator.
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A gradual acceleration that gets us there and back in a time frame
similar to what I'm talking would be fine for any particular mission.
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