Solar sails could reach Mars in just 26 days (phys.org)

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[-] Fermion@feddit.nl 8 points 1 year ago

It can't really be scaled up to human carrying capacity. The density of solar wind is very sparce. Any sail large enough to accelerate a human habitat would itself become too heavy.

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[-] drbluefall@toast.ooo 1 points 1 year ago

So I guess we're back to the drawing board.

Do we got those nuclear engines kicking around anywhere?

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