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How did you jump from your stated number of 17 colonists per ship to 10 launches needed per colonist? If it’s 5 starships of cargo, then you need 10 Starship la
by bergenty 4y ago
How did you jump from your stated number of 17 colonists per ship to 10 launches needed per colonist? If it’s 5 starships of cargo, then you need 10 Starship launches including the refueling. So in total that’s 12 launches to transport 17 people. That number 17 is what you randomly came up with. So really, it’s about 20 launches for a 100 colonists which is pretty reasonable really.
Why would the bones dissolve, astronauts spends many months at a time on the ISS with relatively minor consequences.
- ncmncm 4y agoThat would be 17 people leaving, 8 arriving on Mars after the onboard homicides. It would be better to launch with 8 and deliver all 8 alive. And, it takes rather more launches of tankers to fuel up each starship before it blasts off again for Mars. I might have undercounted. Maybe read up a bit on space medicine? Bone mass loss is not a controversial topic.