tfw when you do a radio interview about prospects for living on Mars and the interviewer concludes with “thanks for crushing my dreams”
MARS IS GREAT WE SHOULD TOTALLY GO it’s going to be really hard though I’M ALL FOR IT YAY MARS we’ll probably die RED PLANET OR BUST
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Replying to @AstroKatie
there's a big binary between chemical rockets and fusion propulsion; chemical rockets it's like payload is <1% it takes 2 years to get there and you can only launch every two years at the launch window if you have fusion you can get ~50% payload to mars in ~90 days ~whenever.
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Replying to @DanielleFong @AstroKatie
Good call on the fusion rockets, but why stop there? Let’s use warp drive, it’s even faster! Or whatever they used in the marvel movies. That seemed pretty fast also!
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Replying to @evanhcohen @AstroKatie
I mean, fusion is neat because it’s physically possible...
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Replying to @DanielleFong @AstroKatie
Fusion does exist, but as a rocket propellant it’s theoretical so not so useful
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I mean, how wedded are you to the immediate present...
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