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Thread: 100 million miles to the moon?
# 18391 byRyan Z on Sept. 28, 2003, 7:22 p.m.
Member since 2022-08-22
itso nly 60 million miles, the 100 million is
kilometers.
year to get there (est dec 2005 in one article i
read). Sure it efficient, but its slow as hell.
Ryan
> Is this right?
>
> If so, then there must be a lot of orbits, and
> gravity assists.
>
> 60 liters of fuel, that's impressive.
>
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=3518910