Re: Mars in three days? NASA touts new propulsion system

From	jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com
Newsgroups	sci.physics
Subject	Re: Mars in three days? NASA touts new propulsion system
Date	2016-02-23 03:51 +0000
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HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> wrote:
> Maybe in 100 years. Maybe

At closest approach, Mars is 56X10^9 meters away.

All you have to do is accelerate at 0.98 G toward Mars for 1.5 days
then decelerate at 0.98 G for 1.5 days.

However at the mean distance of 225X10^9 meters, you need to accerate
and decelerate at 2.7 G.

I doubt one would be fit and frisky after 3 days of nearly 3 G.



-- 
Jim Pennino

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Mars in three days? NASA touts new propulsion system HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2016-02-22 17:39 -0800
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