To: cripplecreek
Ya think???
But VASIMIR and ion engine technology is making it slightly smaller. All I want is a relatively quick way to get around the solar system.
Once VASIMIR is perfected we’ll be able to get to Mars in as little as 39 days.
16 posted on
01/31/2012 3:05:27 PM PST by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: Jack Hydrazine
We've got to move manufacturing into space because bigger really is better in space but you can't get it off the ground. That's going to require the ability to launch at will and not once every few months.
Daedalus next to a Saturn V
18 posted on
01/31/2012 3:14:41 PM PST by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Once VASIMIR is perfected we’ll be able to get to Mars in as little as 39 days.Provided you don't hit rush hour traffic. If you do, all bets are off. Suggest you check sigalert.com before you set off on your journey.
To: Jack Hydrazine
23 posted on
01/31/2012 5:08:06 PM PST by
BwanaNdege
(Man has often lost his way, but modern man has lost his address - Gilbert K. Chesterton)
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