Re: Time it takes for Lunar Travel

Mike Combs <mikecombs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "Mr.XyZ" <forex50@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:WQmje.19418$ye1.152@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > If we ever decide to resume lunar exploration (even if it is robotic at
> > first) is there any chance that propulsion or fuel systems have improved
> > enough where we could get there in 1 day instead of 3?
>
> Gee, what's the rush?

Who wants to sit in a silly tin can if they can instead be on moon?
space really sucks as a landscape ;-)

>
> This reminds me of the second episode of Futurama. Frye is told that
> they're going to the moon. He's tremendously excited, and asks if he can
> recite the countdown:
>
> Frye: 10.... 9.... 8.... 7....
>
> Leela: We're there.
>
> Frye: 654321!
>

well, 1g transport to moon would be nice ;-) And would take a comfortable
3.5 hours. Getting there (much) faster gets rather tedious fast:
~ 2.5 hours at 2g
~ 2 hours at 3g
~ 1h40 at 4g
~ 1h30 at 5g
~ 55 minutes at 14g

The two ways of looking at this are:
* humans will most probably never make it to the moon faster
than in an hour
* it might be fesible to daily commute to work (and back)
from your apartment on Moon at some point in the future.

--
Sander

+++ Out of cheese error +++
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