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Re: MARS HYBRID DESIGN II (First Draft)
At 12:58 PM 3/5/96, David Levine wrote:
>Kelly Starks x7066 MS 10-39 wrote:
>> >David gave me these numbers
>> >Pluto's mean orbital velocity is 4.74 km/sec.
>> >Earth's mean orbital velocity is 29.79 km/sec.
>> >
>> >Are these right? They seem backwards.
>>
>> I'ld agree. It seems odthat you'ld accelerate out from the inner system
>> to a slower velocity. I suppose you might be losing the dif to potential
>> energy changes.
>>
>> But I suppose it isn't critical for our discusion. Assumeing a beam
>> diameter 40 times the dimeter of earth. 4.76Km/s will still have you cross
>> the beam in 31 hours.
>
>
>I wrote a quick small mathematical verification of these
>numbers. Did anyone get it?
>
>David
Got it!
Kelly
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