On Jan 12, 11:24*am, " wrote:
What if aerobreaking were used?

The manned portion would detach and dive perhaps repeatedly into the
atmosphere to slow for landing.

This would mean the transit vehicle would only accelerate on its way
to mars cutting travel time.

So you've got a launch vehicle that flies past Mars at top speed,
drops off the crew capsule (which lands safely by aerobraking), and
then keeps going?