M Fnord Wrote:For an Earth-Mars run, I'd say that travel times ranging from 10-20 hours are perfectly acceptable. Think of it like buying a plane ticket from New York to Sydney - it's quicker than the alternatives, but still long enough to make you think you've accomplished something just by getting there. For an Earth-Jupiter run, I'd say it should take days at least; Jupiter's so much further away, after all.Hence, one would expect much more of the interplanetary traffic between the outer planets would be composed predominately of larger craft, certainly large enough that one can stretch one's legs and walk during the trip. Most Fen would prefer to travel in something on the scale of a passenger bus at the smallest if they have to regularly traverse areas between the Belt and Saturn. It doesn't take more than one multi-day trip where your entire universe consists of the interior of your Mini Cooper to drive that point home that being cooped up like that sucks.
Inner system traffic would more likely be composed half and half of cars and considerably larger vehicles, if not actually tipped in favor of cars and similar. Planet to lunar travel is most likely dominated by cars, with the occasional large vessel to ferry items that won't fit into a car's back seat.
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