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To: TheElectionWasStolen

Ok class the problem for today is to solve the rocket equation for moving a 450 tonne mass from deep in earth’s gravity well to a C3 escape velocity or 11,000 meters per second then the Delta V for the H transfer orbit to Mars it’s easier to go up out the Sun’s gravity well than down into it seems counter intuitive but it’s true.

Hint that much mass to Mars is more than the current lifting capacity of the largest rockets even the 150 tonne Elon starship would take dozens of fuel trips to orbit just to bring the fuel needed.

Or you could just slow it down by 100 mps and let it burn up.


12 posted on 08/12/2021 3:48:37 PM PDT by JD_UTDallas ("Veni Vidi Vici" )
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To: JD_UTDallas

And control where it hits the earth, The Pacific Ocean is big and mostly empty.


25 posted on 08/12/2021 4:07:34 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (“Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
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