Asteroid use Forum: Spacesettlers
Thread: Asteroid use
# 340 byqwerty172@... on Jan. 6, 2001, 5:10 p.m.
Member since 2021-10-03
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> > For time schedules, 1 week -1 month for the moon, 2
> > week wait time for
> > launch. two years to get to mars, 2 year wait times
> > for launch. 1 week
> > - 2 years for asteroids, 1 month-5 year wait time.
> >
> > Bill
and mars are about 50 million km from each other. To cover that
distance in 5 weeks you need to be averaging 17 km/s.
I suggest you upload the design specs for your light sail, before you
start talking about that kind of velocity.