[MarkWar]

>Opening up Mars should require opening up the minds of the planners. Think a little outside the box.

I agree 100% with this.

Let's hope that some fringe group or some pseudo-crackpot has or is developing a real "reaction-less" drive. Some kind of real space drive like Townsend Brown seems to have had in embryo.

Taking a year to get to Mars is crazy.

Taking a couple of weeks to get to Mars is like bicycling across the US.

A serious opening of space needs some kind of 1G drive. Then you get to Mars in about a day and a half...

Mark W.

[RightWhale]

10 days at 1 gee, best time.

Anyway, what's the hurry? You'll be stuck on line at the terminal forever, and when you get to Mars they'll just put you to work. Take an extra paperback.

[techcor]

Taking a couple of weeks to get to Mars is like bicycling across the US. A serious opening of space needs some kind of 1G drive. Then you get to Mars in about a day and a half...

Dang! You're tough to please. I figure two weeks is the best I could do. BTW have you ever read a book called "The Boot-Strap Effect" (I think). It was sci-fi but very interesting concerning "reaction-less" drives? In which case, who wrote it because I'd like to get a copy?