In , New Horizons zoomed past the moon on its way to Pluto just eight hours and 35 minutes after launch and at a speed of 36, mph 58, kph. Want proof that orbital mechanics are real? The Apollo 11 mission demonstrates that well. It took the Apollo 11 astronauts three days, three hours and 49 minutes to reach the moon, but they returned in two days, 22 hours and 56 minutes.
What explains part of the difference? During the day that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin spent getting to the lunar surface and exploring it, the Earth and the moon moved slightly closer together. Sign up for our Newsletter! Mobile Newsletter banner close. Mobile Newsletter chat close. Mobile Newsletter chat dots. Mobile Newsletter chat avatar. This is based on the nine manned missions to the Moon and the six which landed on it's surface.
It does depend on a lot of factors including where the Moon is in orbit, the size of the spacecraft and the fuel it uses. The speediest time was set by Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft and it only took eight hours and thirty five minutes to get to the Moon.
As space technology advances it's likely we'll be able to cut manned Moon journey times down further. At its furthest point the Moon is around miles km away from Earth. The closest point is called the 'perigee' and puts the Moon around miles km from us. In other space news, scientists have proposed the existence of a fifth dimension that brings together the cosmic realms of light and dark. I know that I have always wanted to go into space, orbiting the moon would be even that much better.
One has to wonder how quickly the price for such travel could become realistic and of course once the excitement in lunar orbits wears off for the populace in general I am sure an actual lunar landing and bouncing around on the moon would be one of the greatest adventures anyone could dream to go on. I have to agree with Gudenboink, there is no way that anyone could get bored on a trip like this, anyone that could get bored on this grand adventure would not be interested in going in the first place.
People spend weeks at sea on these cruise ships with nothing but the big blue to see- but there are other sources of entertainment during their trip. Also, using a dedicated ship in space to travel to the moon seems to be the most practical. Once you return, you dock again with another ship bringing up passengers, and they take down those that are returning. This mode seems the most cost effective, as you are not launching the mass of the lunar transport vehicle, just the payload.
On boredom …etc. I was really talking in the context of using an Ion and Photonic driven spacecraft — it could take upto several weeks and months years??? The whole subject of tourist travel in space is moonshine until there is a space elevator to reduce the cost of moving mass to earth orbit by orders of magnitude. Bzzt wrong. The initial boost only lasted a few minutes. New horizons only accelerated once once it passed the moon and that was the Jupiter gravity assist. Hehe, got me there.
Thanks for the info, good to know. I personally think this is just a ploy to gain money and raise attention however my heart says I hope it is true. The sooner we start space touring and colonization the better. Humanity needs to span outwards to survive. I have to agree with Richard Branson. Why not build hotels in space? That way the tourists can travel to the space hotel in a standard rocket where they can experience the thrill of high g-forces.
Of course, only the filthy rich tourists will help pay for the luxury of going to the Moon, while the rest of us cretins will grumble and complain, at least in the beginning. Someday going to the Moon will be comparitively expensive as having a car, or a personal computer.
Does anyone remember how expensive they were when they first came out???? Are humanity close to build a space ship capable of 1G constant acceleration as Phil Jackson says? Have a huge water tank, a small nuclear reactor onboard or some other high energy production device , then split the water into HHO and burn it for the fuel. Skip to content. Like this: Like Loading John: What about more powerful ION drives?
We could use a Earth-orbit space laser to power the drive. What about photonic drives? The ion slow boat to lunar absorption will become a religious pilgrimage.
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