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The ISS weighs 440t and to get 1g there by acceleration you'd need to constantly apply a force of ~4.4MN (meganewton), that's a tenth of a Saturn 5 at lift-off.
by dmichulke 9y ago
The ISS weighs 440t and to get 1g there by acceleration you'd need to constantly apply a force of ~4.4MN (meganewton), that's a tenth of a Saturn 5 at lift-off.
Not sure we can do that for an extended amount of time (read: a few hours) without bringing along lots of fuel
That or we invent that special drive of that dead Martian.