/sci/ - Science & Math

>>11839860
Now you are getting it.

>>11839871
>It's possible, but ion engines produce very low thrust and are very electricity hungry so such a Starship wouldn't get anywhere fast. The crew would most likely risk dying from starvation before their craft gets to its destination.

But it would be able to get a hell of a lot more people if it only needed a single chemical engine and small tank for landing nad the rest for people pedalling themselves into mars.

I mean this thing is going to have 100 people , remove the tank and chemical engine needs and you can probably take it to 200.

Imagine 200 retards pedaling themselves to mars
Some of the big ion thrusters seem quite powerful

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_thruster

Seems like a crazy idea but in every medium humans used animal or human power to move , minus air because you need to hold your weigth to keep flying.

But in land and water the first ships veihcles were human or animal powered, space seems to be kind of the same.