On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 18:20:45 -0700 (PDT), Adrian Tymes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>http://www.erps.org/papers/isdc2003.html
We flubbed this one:
>Phase 3 - The vehicle must demonstrate the ability to travel >between two points at least 3,000 kilometers apart in less >than 20 minutes, a trip only attainable by rocket.
A rocket that was designed and built for exactly this mission *might* make 3000 km in 20 minutes, with seconds to spare. The ballistic flight to go 3000 km is very close to 15 minutes, and allowing only five minutes for boost and reentry *combined* just doesn't give enough time to get out of the atmosphere and back in. We need to change this to 3000 km in 30 minutes.
Remove the time limit and add a minimum altitude, in order to broaden the range of possible approaches to the problem.
-p
Mars or Bust! www.marssociety.com
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