Scientist accidentally finds shortcut to Mars could slash travel time in half (msn.com) 2 points by megamike 2mo ago ↗ HN
[–] cratermoon 2mo ago ↗ Spoiler: The shortcut requires roughly twice the current delta-v capabilities of the largest rockets. [–] jfengel 2mo ago ↗ And since delta-v is exponential to fuel, that's going to be much more than twice as much rocket.Plus you arrive faster, meaning that your payload on the far end needs even more fuel to slow down.TFA says that the next generation of rockets might be able to do that, but that sounds unlikely.
[–] jfengel 2mo ago ↗ And since delta-v is exponential to fuel, that's going to be much more than twice as much rocket.Plus you arrive faster, meaning that your payload on the far end needs even more fuel to slow down.TFA says that the next generation of rockets might be able to do that, but that sounds unlikely.
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[ 115 ms ] story [ 1006 ms ] threadPlus you arrive faster, meaning that your payload on the far end needs even more fuel to slow down.
TFA says that the next generation of rockets might be able to do that, but that sounds unlikely.