Impulse Engines!
Could this be scaled for commercial energy?
I know some people in DC I’d like to send to Mars, can I get a group discount?
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So, what happened to Andrea Rossi and his E-cat? Guess all those kids he was going to donate for a cancer cure will have to wait.
“...send a human mission to Mars in one to three months.’’
Provided they don’t collide with an asteroid. Is this an ion engine?
I would never have believed that sunlight could push enough to slowly accelerate an object in space but it can. So there’s no real difference between this ability and a fusion engine.
I’m glad to see some progress being made. Once we have solid methods of inner solar system travel established then steady progress will be made in engine technology etc. The sad thing is this has taken so long and will probably take another 20 years before any real progress is made toward a real Mars mission. The key is reaching a point where the technology and the will to do it coalesce. One of the reasons satellite launches are so common now is simply because of the economy around it and the demand. When the commercial technology becomes good enough to begin doing things like harvesting near earth bodies for a profit whether it be asteroids or just the moon. I may be wrong but I will be surprised if a man steps on Mars before I’m 90 which is another 50 years.