Scientist accidentally finds shortcut to Mars could slash travel time in half (msn.com) 2 points by megamike 4mo ago ↗ HN
[–] cratermoon 4mo ago ↗ Spoiler: The shortcut requires roughly twice the current delta-v capabilities of the largest rockets. [–] jfengel 4mo 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 4mo 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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[ 6.4 ms ] story [ 27.0 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.