How To Get To Mars

[Gungnir]

In the Mission to Mars & Space Exploration thread, strollingbones raised the questions:

how do you overcome one simple thing....time travel? wow boys, I know yall like to watch you x file films but explain to me how long it takes to get to mars, how you are going to "suspend" the body for how long....and defeat the atrophy of muscles when not used for how long?

I would like to draw attention to [url="http://www.islandone.org/Propulsion/ProjectOrion.html']Orion[/url].
No matter how it gets into orbit, Orion is one space ship that will fly on atomic wings! A round trip of 125 days means only 62 days in transit to the job. With at least 10,000 tons of cargo, plenty of exercise equipment could be installed for the astronauts; possibly even a rotating/counter rotating habitat system to provide weight!

Atomic Power, the future's greatest hope!

 

[52ndStreet]

In the Mission to Mars & Space Exploration thread, strollingbones raised the questions:



I would like to draw attention to [url="http://www.islandone.org/Propulsion/ProjectOrion.html']Orion[/url].
No matter how it gets into orbit, Orion is one space ship that will fly on atomic wings! A round trip of 125 days means only 62 days in transit to the job. With at least 10,000 tons of cargo, plenty of exercise equipment could be installed for the astronauts; possibly even a rotating/counter rotating habitat system to provide weight!

Atomic Power, the future's greatest hope!

Residual radiation is a killer and causes many birth defects!

 

[jla1178]

Residual radiation is a killer and causes many birth defects!

Evidently.

 

[Gungnir]

What a perfect reason to launch from the Iranian Plateau, Riyadh, or China.

 

[jimmyb]

What a perfect reason to launch from the Iranian Plateau, Riyadh, or China.