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There's no such thing as maximum velocity. If constant 1g acceleration is available, there's not really a fuel concern. It will certainly use a little more fuel
by ghusbands 4y ago
There's no such thing as maximum velocity. If constant 1g acceleration is available, there's not really a fuel concern. It will certainly use a little more fuel, but even just going to Mars would take a week, so half an hour's extra fuel usage works out to 0.3% extra fuel. For interstellar journeys, you're talking less than 0.001%.
Also, the course correction can easily be part of the manoeuvre, if you're willing to rotate around more than one axis.
- hoseja 4y agoYeah, I could imagine some spiraling maneuver that would rotate 180° while maintaining constant acceleration. However, a flip and burn would certainly be more efficient (no cosine losses).