/sci/ - Science & Math

>>12787772
I did the math in an earlier thread. A fully tanked Starship needs 64 tons of hydrogen, which is about 1100 cubic meters. Too big for a single Starship to land. However, starship just needs 800 tons to reach low mars orbit from the surface and land again. Thats only 44 tons of hydrogen. That’s 750 cubic meters of hydrogen. That can fit in the payload bay of a Starship. Do you send out an extra starship every synod to support the next crew while serving as a backup for the current crew. This vehicle can only get to Low Mars Orbit. However, a fully fueled Starship has 7 km/s even with 100 tons of payload, which is enough to get to mars (4.2 km/). Aero capture (0 km/s). Burn back to Earth (2.6 km/s). And land (0.4 km/s). So you’d have a “Mars Transfer” starship which stays in orbit. And an “ascent descent” Starship which lands and takes off from Mars’ surface.

>>12767247
Good stuff I’m very excited!

>>12767296
Pic related I did some math for Part 1. It’ll just be an overview of Starship.

>>12766913
I am writing a 4Ass report about it colonizing mars but more in depth. I don’t want to miss anything but I’m also worried about missing stuff. The report will cover
>The Starship system
>The first landings
>ISRU
>Buildup of a base
>PROONTING/Thunnels
>The first few colonists
>Population growth on Mars
Likely in that order. Thoughts? Pic related I did some math for the first part.

>>12764507
Alright bro’s I transcribed my scribbles to excel then I added some extra data. I’m working on the essay/research paper on Mars colonization with Starship at the moment and I really don’t know what angle to use. It’s not for a grade or anything I just think it’s a neat subject.