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How long would it take to travel to mars from earth using impulse engines set to maximum?
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∙ 14y ago
The Apollo spacecraft en route to the moon traveled at a nearly 25,000 miles per hour. This is the fastest mankind has ever traveled. The earth, at the equator is roughly 25,000 miles in circumference. This makes the math easy, your answer is 1 hour.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 14y agoImpulse Engines is a concept that was created for Star Trek. That is Science Fiction, not reality. In the Star Trek world, Impulse Engines at maximum equals the speed of light, so travel time would be the distance between Mars and Earth divided by the Speed of Light. Since the distance varies, the time varies. Given the approximate distances between Mars and the Earth, and the speed of light, the shortest time would be 4.35 minutes. Discounting any form of acceleration and deceleration. Another thing to consider is time dilation. At relatavistic speeds (near or at the speed of light) the relative perception of time is substantially altered. The occupants of the space ship would sense that the time to get to Mars is less than an observer, say on Earth, would notice. At exactly the speed of light, the occupant thinks the trip took no time, while the observer thinks the trip took 4.35 minutes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorentz_transformation
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∙ 12y agoDistance around the Earth = roughly 25,000 miles
Speed of light in vacuum = 186,282 miles per second
Time around the equator at the speed of light = 0.134 second (rounded)
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