Posted on 08/26/2016 6:27:49 AM PDT by C19fan
It is faster than your average train - and could ferry humans and material to Mars in a matter of hours. The stunning Solar Express is described as 'a space train', and would travel a neverending high speed route, meaning it never slows. 'It would run non-stop, so smaller vessels would need to catch the train when it passed by,' its creators say.
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Wonder how they would do frequent flier miles...
After a lay over in Atlanta.
Sci-Fi concept art masquerading as science.
I can hear Ralph Kramden now: “You’re goin to da moon, Alice! Bang! Zoom!”
What would it do and where would it go when the earth and Mars are on opposite sides of the sun?
Beaming me aboard would be quicker...just sayin’.
At 3000 km/s it could go through the sun in just over seven minutes, so if it had a strong enough heat shield it wouldn't matter...
Don’t wanna go to Mars. Nothing fun to do there.
What’s the point? You still need to accelerate cargo at launch and decelerate it at its destination, so why not just fling containers and catch them when they arrive?
“After a layover in Atlanta”
...and a Delta system crash...
In fact, it’s cold as hell.
And it’s cold as hell. Not the kind of place to raise your kids, either.
Certainly no water slides!
The devil is in the details. If there are human passengers, there is the time taken to move up to 3,000 kilometers per second. While moving up to the cruising speed, G-forces will be experienced by all humans. Will they be able to walk around during this period? I think not. The same goes for the deceleration phase. I suspect, if someone does the math, the time for acceleration and deceleration will take up more than a few hours.
Your bags would still end up in Salt lake city.
Sounds like Snow Piercer for space. I wouldn’t want to be in the back.
Not sure I see much point. You have to accelerate to the speed of the train to ride it, and you have to decelerate yourself when you approach your destination. Any resupply for the train also has to be accelerated so it can be loaded, so you’re really not getting much benefit from riding vs doing the whole trip yourself. About the only thing you do gain is that because the “train” can be bigger since it can accelerate over a long time rather than needing to do it all at once, it can carry a more comfortable living environment, since it can be resupplied in stages and you won’t consume the entire environment on your trip. At a SWAG, this might make for a small efficiency savings overall on an interplanetary mission, but only to destinations that the “train” serves, and only if you use the train over and over again. If you only do a few missions, and then something better comes along, it’ll all go to waste.
All the barf bags and barf will be flying to the back of the Solar Express!
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