Re: Why Mars?

From: Miguel Cruz (mnc_at_admin.u.nu)
Date: 11/17/04 

Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 23:55:39 -0600

Scott Lowther <scottlowther@ix.netcomSPAMBLOK.com> wrote:
> And you think many airports could handle hypersonic transports?

"Most airports" don't have to. Most airports can't handle typical commercial
jets.

What would be nice is to be able to cut out most of the longest leg.
Non-stops from the US to Singapore are pushing 18 hours. Cut that down to 2
hours, and the fact that I have to fly at "normal" speeds for another 45
minutes to Jakarta is not going to upset me much.

> Bandwidth is far easier to install than new longer and thicker runways
> and LH2 or LCH4 service.

The area effectively served by an airport is measured in hundreds of square
miles. The area effectively served by a fast pipe is measured in hundreds of
square feet.

>> And of course there's recreational travel.
>
> If you want recreational travel, go slow, not fast. Take a dirigible.

Ain't got time for that.

miguel 

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