... the ... If the RKV is not moving near-c, then yes...but why would you? You can acheive the same effect for many orders of magnitude less effort using ...
... [...] ... Hohmann ... It ... opponent's ... The general assumption behind "no stealth in space" is that if you have enough interplanetary capability so...
... This is one instance of a broader point - "everyone sees everything" only if you're looking pretty carefully. Two contrasting historical demonstrations: ...
... This segues quickly to diplomatic and interplanetary-law questions. What is the extent of Mars "territorial space?" Do I have a legal right to keep...
... For the specific example given, the Hohmann orbital window is about 3 weeks long and comes up every 26 months. The ships will also be 9 months in transit....
Has anyone ever worked up a spread sheet or similar animal for RKVs? Say something that cross references mass, percentages of light speed, perhaps maximum...
... 3 ... every ... For the specific example given, there's no need for a second burn until after the attack. You use mass launchers to pop out your nukes on...
... [snip] ... Which will have to "hide in plain sight" in company with commercial ships for 9 months. Sure, Mars-Earth traffic won't all be leaving at once...
... K = ((1/sqrt(1 - P^2)) - 1) * M * 9e16 where: K = relativistic kinetic energy (Joules) M = mass of projectile (kg) P = velocity of projectile relative to...
... You wrote that in a military context, but it's a handy segue to something I'm now exploring, interplanetary travel and trade. My thinking has been in a...
There's a great article on the front page of today's LA Times about a guy who is essentially a repo man for cargo ships, tracking them down in third world...
... Heinlein noted this in THE ROLLING STONES. Ship owners were annoyed that the cost for reaction mass and supplies would suddenly skyrocket right before a...
... I'm not sure exactly how often it occurs, but you can often do an "off-season" Earth-Mars transit using a flyby of Venus. In my research for an Earth-Mars...
... I live in a tourist town and see a mild form of this (limited because you CAN reach Pismo Beach in winter, though fewer people want to). I doubt things...
... Mucho thanks, that'll be a big head start. ... I figure that will require two set of parameters, one for the RKV and another for the interceptors....
... Good reminder - I'd put Venus out of my mind as almost certainly worthless in and of itself, but it does play into travel planning. ... Yes - you may see a...
Oh my goodness mate! It's a bleeding homage to that flicker Mister Lucas made a while ago. Look in wonder at the corpulent Jabba the Hut! Ladies swoon over the...
... You're actually in the broad regime of where AV:T merchant traffic runs, about 80-150 kps of delta v in the tanks, warships usually carrying comparable...
... have onto a very close watch of Mars space. Once again taking my text from the Book of Ken ... ... Why on Earth - or Mars, or Callisto, or any of those...
... Which is the very hardest regime to model! You can use the Rocket Flight caught-in-the-vortex model for slower speeds, and the torchship flat-space model...
... about 3 ... of ... the ... even ... is ... much ... be ... make ... another ... performance ... approximation ... the ... difference, ... reference, ... ...
... Yes and yes. To every cargo there is a season. I think that there is a cycle where the Hohmann ships depart first, then progressively faster ships, till...
... and ... But the magsail can only tack so much. I'd think if it went too much off course it would find itself unable to turn enough to hit you. Even if it...
... Realistic ... Because tactical space combat maneuvering may take place on those scales. If your lasers have light minute effective ranges, then you really...
... Give it a near-c velocity, and it can tack a lot. Deflecting the interstellar medium by, say, .01 radians is the equivalent of sideways thrust with an...
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