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To: Dead Corpse

“At 1G constant acceleration, Pluto is reachable in just over 17 days.”

The distance from Earth to Pluto varies. But let’s use the approximate average of 6 billion miles. It would take 11.5 days to travel half this distance with a constant 1G acceleration. Then, you would need to slow down at this rate for another 11.5 days. So, it would take roughly 23 days...

Unless you just want to flash right on by Pluto.


52 posted on 05/15/2024 5:07:23 PM PDT by unlearner (I, Robot: I think I finally understand why Dr. Lanning created me... ;-)
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To: unlearner

Test results right now have produced 1G of thrust in a vacuum in a lab demonstrator... If it scales up... more could be possible, but then the effects of prolonged >1G effect on human physiology come into the equation...

Even a two month trip to Pluto and two months back would be possible...

That opens up a LOT of territory and resources in the solar system. Even if we spend the next couple hundred years mining out the asteroid belt and Mars...

It’s not a straight drop to Star Trek, but it gets us to that next step up the ladder...


55 posted on 05/15/2024 8:31:31 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: unlearner

I punched the numbers in to a Google search... The particulars are obviously going to be different.

Considering we have folks on the ISS that are in microgravity environments for MONTHS... 2-3 months at 1G is a piece of cake...

Biologically speaking and at our current tech level.


56 posted on 05/15/2024 8:33:38 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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