Re: Why Mars?

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

Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 19:17:43 -0600

Scott Lowther <scottlowther@ix.netcomSPAMBLOK.com> wrote:
> freedomlight wrote:
>> Well... it now takes 20 hours to go some places. If passenger planes
>> would fly at Mach 10, we could be anywhere in the world in 3 hours.
>> Most places an hour or two.
>
> That is not a fundamental improvement. Remember to tack on at least
> three hours on each end for futzing around at the airport... the ratios
> are no longer so good.

You're doing way too much futzing.

One hour of futzing at the departure end, 30 minutes at the arrival end.
Less for domestic flights or if you don't check luggage.

I just spent about 30 hours flying between major cities on opposite sides of
the planet, futzing not included. If I could cut that down to 1/10 I'd be
very happy indeed (especially since I'm about to turn around and go back,
and KLM hasn't changed the movies yet).

miguel 

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