Sir-Realz
Sir-Realz t1_ja93jb8 wrote
Reply to Could the international space station be repurposed as an interplanetary vessel, a La For All Mankind? by -Major-Arcana-
Might be possible, but the thrust would have to be extremely weak and long im not aware of any rocket engine that has bruned that long say arohnd 20hours and would take years, to reach Mars probably unmanned and of corse its old and unreliable but plasable. The moon might be a better destination. That could probabaly be manned.
Sir-Realz t1_iuvutw1 wrote
"Mystery" it's and exact copy of ours. Tho wow letting that Intel leak so bad they made a working copy...
Sir-Realz t1_ja99bvf wrote
Reply to comment by -Major-Arcana- in Could the international space station be repurposed as an interplanetary vessel, a La For All Mankind? by -Major-Arcana-
I would propose hyperbolic booster fired in stages and then a fission thruster to do the heavy lifting once the station was a comfortable distance from earth for the radioactive exhaust not to radiate the entire planet. Ion may have a future but would probably require a fission reactor to power it anyway. but I don't think they have even tested them in space yet. One was supposed to ride on the artimis launch but failed.