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