The Getaway Planner – Everyday Science Stuff

With whatever political environment you’re currently stuck in, you probably need a vacation. Let’s figure out where we want to go, together or not, how fast we’re getting there, how much we’re carrying and weather or not we want to be comfortable or pancakes by the time we get there. Have fun, and don’t forget to do a return trip when manned.. you horrible person you 😉

🚀 The Getaway Planner

Space travel calculator — chemical rockets vs. constant acceleration

Route Planner

Quick missions: |

Ship Acceleration

Sets the sustained thrust level for Constant Acceleration routes (burn & flip profile). Chemical rockets fire in brief high-thrust bursts — this setting has no effect on their calculations. FTL drives also ignore it.

Mission Cargo

Dry cargo at destination. Crew overhead (life support, habitat, provisions) is auto-calculated from trip duration when manned.

Crew Size

people

FTL drives don’t carry restrictions like this

Propulsion Technology

Select a route above…

Spot an error? Let me know in the comments, or email me directly!

To understand and build a lesson plan on what this calculator does, see the explanations post Getting Out of Dodge.

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