← Back to context Comment by amanaplanacanal 18 hours ago The moon would do the job at a lot cheaper price. 3 comments amanaplanacanal Reply bryanlarsen 16 hours ago Nope. Because of aero braking, Mars takes less delta v to get to and land on than the moon does. amanaplanacanal 14 hours ago Now I'm wondering why the Apollo program went to the moon if doing Mars is so much cheaper. bryanlarsen 8 hours ago Going is cheaper. Coming back is more expensive. And of course the 3-6 month travel time is a challenge.
bryanlarsen 16 hours ago Nope. Because of aero braking, Mars takes less delta v to get to and land on than the moon does. amanaplanacanal 14 hours ago Now I'm wondering why the Apollo program went to the moon if doing Mars is so much cheaper. bryanlarsen 8 hours ago Going is cheaper. Coming back is more expensive. And of course the 3-6 month travel time is a challenge.
amanaplanacanal 14 hours ago Now I'm wondering why the Apollo program went to the moon if doing Mars is so much cheaper. bryanlarsen 8 hours ago Going is cheaper. Coming back is more expensive. And of course the 3-6 month travel time is a challenge.
bryanlarsen 8 hours ago Going is cheaper. Coming back is more expensive. And of course the 3-6 month travel time is a challenge.
Nope. Because of aero braking, Mars takes less delta v to get to and land on than the moon does.
Now I'm wondering why the Apollo program went to the moon if doing Mars is so much cheaper.
Going is cheaper. Coming back is more expensive. And of course the 3-6 month travel time is a challenge.