It is technically infeasible to go to mars without a mars transfer vehicle which is basically a multistage rocket that needs to be constructed in low earth orbit. That giant ass fuck huge heat shield on the front is for aerobraking a method where we achieve martian orbit by using mars atmosphere to save fuel.
to get my munbase to the mun in ksp, i built transfer vehicles that i named "Strap-ons"it took three of them to do it and have enough delta v to dispose of them back on kerbin
>>17006763Question: if you go with an Orion design here you could probably use the bumper plate for aerobraking too?
>>17006763Anon, we're two weeks away from Kessler syndrome.Nobody's gonna reach LEO in the near future.
>>17006763>>17006779The moonbase is the smarter way to do it because of the tremendous shielding required to survive a direct hit from a Carrington-class solar flare, which current proposed designs seem to all lack.>>17006812Kessler syndrome is a meme that just ups the launch requirement to heavily armored rockets and makes launching much less economical.
Yes and it has to be reusable
>>17006840>moonbaseok, but how do we propel the Moon to Mars without sounding like a mad scientist?
>NOOOOO YOU CANT JUSTTRANNY NIGGER
>>17006983>ok, but how do we propel the Moon to Mars without sounding like a mad scientist?Build the Mars rocket on the mun base'd moar biglier n' shield'd than in orbit or on Earth, Chungus.
>>17007004ok, but do we build it upside down to push the Moon, or do we anchor a super duper strong chain to pull it?
>>17006984>nobody:>poltard: TRANNIES
Getting to mars will require nuclear thermal or fusion.The logistics of sending humans on a year long trip to deep space are ridiculous.I also think its a pointless mission, as the near earth asteroids have actual economically useful resources.
>>17007111>Getting to mars will require nuclear thermal or fusion.I think you can one-shot to Mars from Earth or LEO with only chemical rockets if you don't care about the astronauts potentially dying from solar radiation; it's just less practical and efficient. With enough shielding to ride out a big flare though, nuclear power and launching from the moon are two options that are probably best combined but likely either sufficient to overcome weight problems with a one-shot from Earth/LEO.
>>17007111They will use NEP
>>17007038Nigger.
