Interplanetary Virtual Transport Tubes

Tubular Regions Of Space Reserved for Transports

Divided by Velocity, Direction, Acceleration Requirements

Earth is ~500 cSecs (Distance Light travels per second) from Sun.

For Other Objects

Mercury Venus Mars Main Asteroid belt

200 360 750 1000 - 2000

Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune

2500 ~5200 ~10,000 14,000

Note that these, like most orbital distances can vary by at least 1 part in 16.

Tube types - divided primarily by cSec per hour speed. Restricted to licensed transports as collision energy per 1200 tonnes at 1 cSec/hour (~83 Km/sec) is 1 KiloTon equivalent.

Type FP1 FP3 FP9 10mC , 33mC 99mC

Velocity is in cSecs Per Hour - 1, 3, 9, 36 (~c/100), 108 (~c/33), 324 (~c/10)

Note Relative energy multiples 9, 81, 729 , 6561 , 58 869

Acceleration in 1-3g (people), 5g-15g Emergency Response Manned, 100g-10,000g -mass only

So to get to Mars at 1 cSec/hour (FP1) ranges from 250 closest to about 1500 hours when in opposition (including sun bypass). The time is about 11 to 66 days.

FP3 would reduce times to 4 - 22 days. That is probably the safe limit for the inner system. FP3 at 1g deceleration it takes 10 cSecs (3 million kilometers) to slow to a safe approach velocity.

FP9 and FP27 - are suitable for Asteroid, Jupiter, Saturn.

10mC 33mC outer exploration speeds, and 100mC for Generation class or Hibernation equipped interstellar.

Interplanetary Virtual Transport Tubes

From Mars Distance Interactive graph

Mars      closest     farthest    Rough Average
Date      Sep-Oct-20  Aug-Nov 21 
AU          0.4         2.6           1.5

Acceleration at 10 m/s/s about 1.02 g 

Velocity    250 Km/s  500 Km/s      750 Km/S
Coast
Time hours   67       125           144              
Time days    2.8      3.5           6.0
Acceleration
Time hours   6:56     20:50        13:53                                   
        
Energy Ratio 1        4            9 
          

Venus min to max 0.6 to 1.6 Au (ignoring Sun avoidance)

Mercury min to max 0.4 to 1.4 Au (also ignoring eccentricity)

Jupiter 5 to 7 AU which would take at least 12 to 17

Tubular Regions Of Space Reserved for Transports

Divided by Velocity, Direction, Acceleration Requirements

Earth is ~500 cSecs (Distance Light travels per second) from Sun.

For Other Objects

Mercury Venus Mars Main Asteroid belt

200 360 750 1000 - 2000

Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune

2500 ~5200 ~10,000 14,000

Note that these, like most orbital distances can vary by at least 1 part in 16.

Tube types - divided primarily by cSec per hour speed. Restricted to licensed transports as collision energy per 1200 tonnes at 1 cSec/hour (~83 Km/sec) is 1 KiloTon equivalent.

Type FP1 FP3 FP9 10mC , 33mC 99mC

Velocity is in cSecs Per Hour - 1, 3, 9, 36 (~c/100), 108 (~c/33), 324 (~c/10)

Note Relative energy multiples 9, 81, 729 , 6561 , 58 869

Acceleration in 1-3g (people), 5g-15g Emergency Response Manned, 100g-10,000g -mass only

So to get to Mars at 1 cSec/hour (FP1) ranges from 250 closest to about 1500 hours when in opposition (including sun bypass). The time is about 11 to 66 days.

FP3 would reduce times to 4 - 22 days. That is probably the safe limit for the inner system. FP3 at 1g deceleration it takes 10 cSecs (3 million kilometers) to slow to a safe approach velocity.

FP9 and FP27 - are suitable for Asteroid, Jupiter, Saturn.

10mC 33mC outer exploration speeds, and 100mC for Generation class or Hibernation equipped interstellar.