Exactly 50 years ago, Apollo 13 set off from Earth and for the Moon. Our Moon could be used, in principle, to reduce the energy required to get to Mars, and therefore allow more mass to be sent to Mars with the same launch vehicle. Humanity's epic voyages to the Moon are well known, the stuff of history. Mother of All Slingshots Set to Hurl India’s MOM Probe to Mars CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – MOM – India’s first ever interplanetary spacecraft – is spending her last day around Mother Earth. So, before we go any further a “gravitational slingshot” is a gravity assist that will speed up an actual spacecraft, “slingshot maneuver” is made up bananas nonsense.

swing-by or slingshot, is a fuel-efficient method to change your craft's speed and heading using the orbital velocity and gravity of a satellite (commonly a planet/moon) orbiting the same body as you. So from ground to ground (Earth surface to Moon surface vs. The Moon Is NASA's Key to Landing Humans on Mars ... send a live crew to Mars and back before the end of the 2030s. A gravity assist, a.k.a. "If for example NASA has set the goal to go to Mars, and go to Mars on a timescale, within the decade — Kennedy set them that [Moon] goal in the 60s — I suspect they may try to go straight there."

Moon surface to Mars surface) it is no surprise the Moon to Mars would require less propellant, especially considering you could aerobrake to slow the craft down at Mars.

It would, however, take much longer. I am truly blessed by this opportunity to become Host Curator of "#dearMoon". The gravitational Slingshot works because the probe has a different oribtal velocity around the Sun than the Planet does. Though they do not involve human spacecraft, those voyages are no less epic. Also, at the moon's orbital distance escape velocity is about 1400 m/s. I forget what velocity you get before the g-forces due to radius get uncomfortable, but it is not exceptional. This also presumes you can manufacture a rocket on the moon.

The moon could also be a terminus for beamed power propulsion though.) the Moon's orbital velocity is 1000 m/s.

However in practice this just doesn’t work out.

Much faster? You gain no advantage doing this. We've achieved amazing things by using chemical rockets to place satellites in orbit, land people on the moon, and place rovers on the surface of Mars.

I would also like to thank all those who have continuously supported me.

(it would not solve the problem of super rapid velocity between moon and mars for humans though.. The biggest takeaway is that NASA intends to take us back to … No.

Instead of creating a gravity slingshot by using the Moon's gravity to fling us to Mars, just simply create a slingshot on the surface of the moon to bring us there. The Rossetta probe used three earth slingshots and a Mars slingshot on its way to comet 67P.

I would like to thank Elon Musk and SpaceX for creating the opportunity to go around the moon in their Starship-Super Heavy. I vouch to make this project a success. It is easy to calculate. But what about voyages to the Sun? Stay tuned!