"Robert Bonomi" wrote in message
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Pressurization introduces *lots* of complications -- seals, O2 mixture
supply,
etc. Not to mention what it does to weight and balance.

We'll let the spacesuit designers worry about that one, then.
"Give me one Moonsuit, Mark IV and a forty watt phased plasma rifle, please"

Range - There's fuel and air caches every 1,800 miles, so let's add ~10%
and
say 2,000 miles.

Optimist! "Origin to primary, divert to secondary, plus 'holding' time"
plus (at least) 10% of _that_ total. If you want to survive the 1st
emergency,
that is. I get a requirement of about 4300mi (minimum)

Uh-uh. No weather diversions necessary. Note: Sport Pilots may not fly at
night.

Speed - Let's say 600 knots. (What I'm doing is multiplying typical terran
specs by 6. Why? I dunno)

Something to do with the underlying gravity of the situation?

Snicker

"Ballistic" glider lets you leave the engine on the ground, at the
take-off
site.

"Glider"????

Primary source of power - Anybody got a design for something better than a
Chinese sparkler?

There's always NASA's "Orion" design.

Scaling might pose some *serious* difficulties, however.

My Citizen watch has a "Forever" battery and only needs an occasional burst
of sunlight - can we scale that up?

Rich S.