the6thReplicant t1_j71l4je wrote on February 3, 2023 at 12:35 PM

Reply to comment by dirtballmagnet in NASA is funding ideas for a Titan seaplane and faster deep space travel by fchung

Note you don't use this to leave Earth. This is for travelling in the vacuum of space and I don't even think it can be used to escape orbit either.

Small acceleration over large time scales means fasty-fasty.

dirtballmagnet t1_j72ptfl wrote on February 3, 2023 at 5:24 PM

Yes, one of the most exciting spacecraft ever was Dawn, which couldn't accelerate faster than a feather falls, but it fired for months and went from Vesta to Ceres... eventually. That was a huge change in velocity.