JimBowie1958
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If one has a ship made of graphene, plasma jet engines and powered by any of the new nuclear fusion power generators in development (which requires practically 0 weight in fuel compared to the ships total weight) we could have a trip to Mars at its farthest distance completed in (4 * SQRT (2.5/1)) = 6.3 days, and in 2.8 days at its closest distance to Earth.
Pluto could be reachedin a range of 22 to 29 days.
Plasma Rocket engines for NASA
Plasma Rocket Could Travel to Mars in 39 Days
Industrial scale production of graphene
Polish team claims leap for wonder material graphene
Discussion of acceleration/deceleration travel at 1g acceleration:
Interplanetary travel at 1g acceleration [Archive] - Straight Dope Message Board
Formula for calculating travel time in days:
4 * SQRT (A/G)
A = astronomical units of distance
G = #gs acceleration
Pluto could be reachedin a range of 22 to 29 days.
Plasma Rocket engines for NASA
Plasma Rocket Could Travel to Mars in 39 Days
Industrial scale production of graphene
Polish team claims leap for wonder material graphene
Discussion of acceleration/deceleration travel at 1g acceleration:
Interplanetary travel at 1g acceleration [Archive] - Straight Dope Message Board
Formula for calculating travel time in days:
4 * SQRT (A/G)
A = astronomical units of distance
G = #gs acceleration