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I don't think that way. It's more like this: your two blocks down the street neighbor drives by you every morning, would you classify it being closer to you? Be
by mercuryftw123 3y ago
I don't think that way. It's more like this: your two blocks down the street neighbor drives by you every morning, would you classify it being closer to you? Because that's how we look at the Venus at the moment. Mercury should be the real neighbor.
- vertis 3y agoI think a better example is neighbour 1 drives past your house once a day and neighbour 2 drives past 10 times a day on the main road several blocks further from your house. If you needed a lift somewhere (or some other reason to interact), you can either wait patiently for N1 to drive past or you can walk the several blocks to the main road, and then wait less time for N2.
- inopinatus 3y agoIf we're talking about transportation, well then. The efficient transfer to Mercury is via Venus transfer, so it is farther by such reckoning. In terms of delta-v budget, Venus is actually closer than Mars, unless you wanted to, say, visit the surface. See https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Solar_system_delta_v_map.svg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Solar_sy..., essential information to plan your next interplanetary holiday
- aidenn0 3y agoSo to stretch the analogy to its limits, what if you have someone who lives directly across the freeway from you, and a neighbor whose house is next to the overpass that lets you cross the freeway.