zapkitty wrote:
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An FF transport would not even be as fast as a 747… mach 0.72 as opposed to mach 0.85… but the transport gets the chips to ITER before any other commercial carrier could because it does not stop. Does not refuel. Does not have to transfer the package to another aircraft.
… that sort of tortoise and the hare stuff…
Reminds me of the advantage that ion engines and VASIMR have over chemical rockets. They have a had time getting off the ground on their own, and are slow to pick up speed, but they keep going faster, and faster, and faster ….
