Elon Musk provides new details on his ‘mind blowing’ mission to Mars

Re:Elon Musk provides new details on his ‘mind blowing’ miss... by exDM69 on Saturday June 11, 2016 @10:24AM (#11883542)

Yes, GP said that already but I'm after the numbers here. How much delta-v the Dragon has? And what are the approximate requirements for Moon vs. Mars landing?

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Re:Elon Musk provides new details on his ‘mind blowing’ miss... by Symmetry on Saturday June 11, 2016 @10:50AM (#11883619)

The Dragon 2 has about 1.6 km/s. Apollo had 2.47 km/s to land and 2.22 km/s to take off. Oh, and it would take on the order of 4.5 km/s to take off from Mars and maybe a few hundred to land.

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Re:Elon Musk provides new details on his ‘mind blowing’ miss... by exDM69 on Saturday June 11, 2016 @11:56AM (#11883898)

Thanks! These numbers look reasonable to me. Can you provide a link to source (s)? I'd like to read some more...

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