Re: Lunacy from Brussels



Dirk Bruere at Neopax wrote:

> The reference design was to be constructed of steel using submarine-style
> construction with a crew of more than 200 and a vehicle takeoff weight of
> several thousand tonnes. This low-tech single-stage reference design would reach
> Mars and back in four weeks from the Earth's surface (compare to 12 months for
> NASA's current chemically-powered reference mission). The same craft could visit
> Saturn's moons in a seven-month mission (compare to chemically-powered missions
> of about nine years).

Dream on....


Graham

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