Spaceception
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Elliptical, maybe it was kicked out of the solar system by Jupiter and Saturn when it was forming, and didn't receive enough material, and that's why it's small. Also, what kind of moons could it have!?
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A "Plain old Jupiter gravity assist" won't work, unless you want to wait ~30 years, we'll have to use a full-blown Nuclear reactor and VASIMR thruster, to shorten the time from ~30 years, to 10 years It took it ~30 years to get there though, I'll be in my 50's if they start now, which they won't, so, I'll be in my 60's, I don't want to wait that long!
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Yes. Although, it'll need a full-blown nuclear reactor and VASIMR thrusters to Power/Propel the space craft, It'll also need to be launched on the SLS or MCT, since it'll likely be pretty heavy (That and Sedna is really far)
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If it's not of this world, I consider it to be a Alien, although, this is what they may look like (That ending tho): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZo7_bR7V4U -
Use a different fuel, if you do a solid core NTR, you can use Ammonia at the expanse of reduced power. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_thermal_rocket
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Your welcome
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Or SEP, whichever comes first.
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Okay, I guess Chem propulsion would be on the first few manned Mars missions (For the only reason being we have experience with it), but I think we should switch to one of the other propulsion systems as soon as we make a working reliable system.
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Aside from the proposed gravity ring that 's going to the ISS, (Which has since been cancelled) we don't have any plans, so unless we test Artificial gravity between now and 2030 (Which I guess is likely) I don't want to put chem propulsion on a manned Mars mission, and about the radiation thing, the Sun can still be a jackass, and bombard the spacecraft with deadly amount of radiation from solar flares. Alright.
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I'm assuming that we'll scrap chem propulsion (At least for deep space ((Not counting the Moon)) manned missions) by our first manned Mars missions (Which is likely), so no:/
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I know, artificial gravity isn't complicated, but we have yet to actually test it properly (Or a significant amount deliberately, depending on how you feel about Gemini 11). And NERVA/SEP are the most near term of the four propulsion systems, because we know they work, we've done a lot of testing on the two, so unless some future president/NASA admin forces NASA to use VASIMR or FDR, NERVA/SEP will likely go one our first few manned Mars missions, since they shorten the amount of time in space/exposed directly to radiation.
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The reason being that if we use chemical propulsion on a manned mission to Mars, their bones would become too weak, and they won't be able to do much for the first couple of weeks on Mars, so if anything goes wrong in that time, they may not be able to act fast enough. And thanks again for telling me how to make a signature
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I considered adding that one, but I figured that since we don't have "working" Fusion reactors yet, it wouldn't be a good choice. I'll add it anyway
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Thanks But my computer isn't nearly as powerful enough for the full game, I'll have to wait 'till the end of this year to get a decently powerful computer for it.
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We all know chemical propulsion isn't viable for our first Mars missions, too slow, too inefficient, and too primitive, so what propulsion system should we use? NERVA? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NERVA Solar electric propulsion? https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/tdm/sep/index.html VASIMR? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_Specific_Impulse_Magnetoplasma_Rocket Or the Fusion Driven Rocket (The coolest one)? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_pulse_propulsion#MSNW_Magneto-Inertial_Fusion_Driven_Rocket
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That's awesome, I'm definitely getting that mod when I get the full game.
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If you have an automated space station getting water and metals from the Asteroid belt, and a SSTO fleet going to and from the station to Venus, then kinda.
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I can't wait for this to launch, we'll be one step closer to see if there's Aliens on another body in our solar system.
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How do you make a signature?
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When you can point out every scientific inaccuracy in t.v./books/movies.
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Dude... If you look closely, you can clearly see Psy doing Gangnam style in the background, not "Apes"
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Maybe, but it isn't launching 'till 2-3 years from now. Plus, I'd rather have the James Webb look at/for Exoplanets, Hubble and others could do it.
