Re:Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species [video]
by vkou on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @03:57PM
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The 30 km/s is speed relative to the Sun, at a half-way point between Earth and Mars.
Most of it, you would get for free, since the ship is launched from the Earth, which is already moving at ~30 km/s. The delta-v cost is much less then that.
Most of it, you would get for free, since the ship is launched from the Earth, which is already moving at ~30 km/s. The delta-v cost is much less then that.