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08-19-2003, 07:50 PM

David Prahl Pontificator Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,398		European Moon Mission I just read this article from CNN.com: "Europe readies to shoot for the moon" http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/0....ap/index.html According to the article, Europe (which countries do they mean by "Europe"?) will launch an unmanned craft this fall/winter the size of a washing machine to the moon. It uses an Ion engine (yay!), which CNN says "...build[s] up speed continuously [and] can eventually travel far faster than a craft powered by traditional rocket fuel." HOWEVER, it will take 18 months to reach the moon! The Apollo missions during the 60s and 70s only took 3 days. Ion-based engines are awesome, but how long does it take to build up all this "speed"??? I did the math, and SMART-1 (or "SLOW-1" if you prefer :lol: ) will be going 18.4 miles (29.7 kilometers) an hour! Most people can run that fast! __________________ The One Nerd Band www.davidprahl.com

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