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Anonymous Mon May 25 04:11:18 2020 No.11709452 [View]
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I just finished reading the Zubrin magsail paper. Money quote:
>We therefore recommend that the development of magsail technology be aggressively pursued.

Also note that the proposed magsail uses a stupid amount of energy moving between Earth and Mars relative to between Mars and the outer planets, and not even much faster than chemical rockets except the ability to ignore launch windows. Starting from Mars orbit would seem to be the sweet spot for exploring outward.

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