JimBowie1958
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- Sep 25, 2011
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How much tax money has gone into this?
Probably none. Soon trillionsOur civilization for the past 150 years was built on spending and investing.
Don't you believe in investing? Oh'noo's as you live in a cave.
Have you read up on what can be done with conventional travel if one accelerates at 1g continuously (turning around and decelerating the last half of the journey)?
http://www.math2earth.oriw.eu/publications/20_Travelling the space at 1 g acceleration.pdf
time = 2 * SQRROOT(distance/1 gravity acceleration)
Travel to moon in just 3.5 hours, Mars is reached in 2 days and Pluto in 18 days.