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Re:A Recap of the Mars Terraforming Debate by throwaway0a5e on Thursday May 13, 2021 @05:00PM (#27147402)
Navigation techniques improved substantially. While not inherently a speed improvement it increased the effective range of mariners by a ton resulting in effectively the same thing.
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Re:A Recap of the Mars Terraforming Debate by kergonath on Thursday May 13, 2021 @06:33PM (#27148339)
> While not inherently a speed improvement it increased the effective range of mariners by a ton resulting in effectively the same thing.

There were loads of innovations around the shape and profiling of ship hulls depending on conditions in which they operated. Same for sails and stuff, not to mention doing away with rowers. This improved speed quite a lot on top of range.

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Re:A Recap of the Mars Terraforming Debate by OmicronCeti on Thursday May 13, 2021 @07:36PM (#27148855)
Thanks, that's more insightful!
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Re:A Recap of the Mars Terraforming Debate by OmicronCeti on Thursday May 13, 2021 @05:05PM (#27147461)
Navigation is irrelevant to the space flight argument though, we know how to navigate between planets and stars (in theory). Speed is the limiting factor.
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