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Elon Musk: ticket to Mars for $500,000.
On Apr 3, 8:50*am, Jeff Findley wrote:
In article dd072365-421b-497f-a6bf- , says... On Mar 28, 3:39*am, Fred J. McCall wrote: bob haller wrote: need a nuke booster to cut travel time to a minimum....... power to 1/2 point, then *declerate the other 1/2 with a heavy heat shield for fast entry, perhaps a transhab like landing ballon Utter stupidity. no doubt it would be better to invest in robotiic exploration with artificial intelligence...... this technology can be useful back here on earth. eventually most jobs will be done by robots Too bad we can't replace you with artificial intelligence. *It would be refreshing for you to exhibit SOME kind of intelligence.... -- "Some people get lost in thought because it's such unfamiliar *territory." * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * --G. Behn cutting travel time dramatically cuts the need for consumables and spare parts too, which decreases the costs and risks. Baseless assertion, especially when the faster trajectory requires more fuel and possibly exotic engines. multi year missions culd be lost for just the lack of spare parts............ More of your gloom and doom based on bad sci-fi movies no doubt. besides we cant afford much of anything in space let alone a multi year trip And yet you're advocating mission architectures which would be more expensive just to "get there faster" when there is no *real* requirement to do so. Jeff -- getting there faster reduces rdiation exposure in dep space and dramatically cuts the quantity of spare parts and consumables needed. just like low cost to orbit is necessary, so is fast transit.... a 6 month each way for a couple weeks on mars, or a 6 month each way for a multi year mission is far less workable than a 3 month each way and a few months on mars mission. cuts risks consumables etc. although with the coming necessary cuts in entitlements nasa will be lucky for a few low cost unmanned missions.... Imagine cutting SS while spending trillions or more to go to mars.. NEVER HAPPEN |
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