A more relevant criticism of that peak velocity is that it significantly exceeds Earth escape velocity (and is 6/7ths of solar EV from here) and therefore waste

A more relevant criticism of that peak velocity is that it significantly exceeds Earth escape velocity (and is 6/7ths of solar EV from here) and therefore wastes energy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_velocity#List_of_escape_velocities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_velocity#List_of_escape...