So without Google and doing this over twenty years ago:
gravitational attraction, integral of a function (the area under the line between two points) and the Alpha Decay of Uranium-238 into the isotope Thorium-234...
True you could use gravitational attraction to slingshot a uranium reactor powered (atomic) torchship around a planet to increase speed and that would involve I think Keplers emperical function (area of an arc/sweep of a orbiting object) modified by the acceleration... so Louis is right again.![]()
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LOL that's funny because it's clearly Nitrous Oxide which is laughing gas.
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So I messed up the time value, it's actually 34,928.2 seconds.
These are the equations we want to use;
T = 2 * sqrt[ D/A ]
where
T = transit time (seconds)
D = distance (meters)
A = acceleration (m/s2)
sqrt[x] = square root of x
and
DeltaV = 2 * sqrt[ D * A ]
You just need to find distance then plug that into the DeltaV equation.
CR
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