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Delta-V Map of the Solar System
- gus_massa 9y agoNice. The original is apparently https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/1ktjfi/deltav_map_of_the_solar_system/cbsg4yy/ https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/1ktjfi/deltav_map_of... It would be more nice if the delta-V were drawn to scale. I don't understand why in this graphic the delta-v to the sun is something like 600 km/s but https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta-v_budget#Interplanetary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta-v_budget#Interplanetary says that it's 25-30 km/s.
- Armisael16 9y agoThese are usually designed for practical use; drawing them to scale just fills the image up with dead space. The wiki page is listing the dv cost of a transfer orbit - no capture (assuming I'm looking at the right table). The dv map is showing the cost to land on the sun, including both capture into low solar orbit and landing from there (which is the really expensive bit for large bodies). Note that 440 km/s of the total 650 km/s listed on the map is that one step. I personally prefer the subway-styled dv maps, but that may just be me: http://i.imgur.com/AAGJvD1.png http://i.imgur.com/AAGJvD1.png
- valuearb 9y agoIt's missing DeltaV to the asteroid belt. Clearly the reason is the long standing conspiracy to suppress the knowledge that the belt's resources are less costly to tap than Mars's!