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If there's only one engine then that's 236 mN thrust according to your [1]. Lets call it 4.12 N - put a few thrusters on or improve the technology. The station
by dalke 10y ago
If there's only one engine then that's 236 mN thrust according to your [1]. Lets call it 4.12 N - put a few thrusters on or improve the technology.
The station mass is 419,455 kg. F = ma so the acceleration is 1 µ G.
It will take a very long time to get to Mars that way.
- skorgu 10y agoAbout 18 years assuming I'm using the right formula: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=acceleration+formula&rawformassumption=%7B%22FS%22%7D+-%3E+%7B%7B%22SpeedAccelerationTime%22,+%22t%22%7D%7D&rawformassumption=%7B%22F%22,+%22SpeedAccelerationTime%22,+%22a%22%7D+-%3E%229.822E-6+m%2Fs%5E2%22&rawformassumption=%7B%22F%22,+%22SpeedAccelerationTime%22,+%22v%22%7D+-%3E%225748+m%2Fs%22 http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=acceleration+formula&ra...