Real World Space Travel

Wednesday, April 22, 2009 10:35 PM

First off, I am by no means a rocket scientists. But, I was thinking about space travel in general and what I believe would an effective way to travel within our solar system.

The problem I see is acceleration. It would take too much fuel, even in the vacuum of space. What I propose is this, Maglev trains in space. Once in space, these would require no fuel. They would only require energy which could be provided by nuclear power. These trains can accelerate to about 4000 mph. Considering that Mars is 36 million miles away one could reach the planet in about 375 days.
(36,000,000 miles/40000 mph = 9000 hours = 375 days)

This would be just like sling shotting a space ship towards its final destination.

A problem I do see in this plan is that in order to prevent this from being one way trip is that the final destination would need a Maglev set up in order for the team of travelers to return.

Any thoughts?

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