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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SpartanCanuck" data-source="post: 2652736" data-attributes="member: 771861">It actually could make sense, within certain limits. The next generation of interplanetary motors will probably be low thrust, high-impulse designs like ion engines or VASIMIR thrusters. These would realistically be employed with long burns, both at departure and arrival, with a 'turn-over' at mid-point to get from point A to B the fastest. Space is, after all, big, and any intensive manned exploration of Mars and beyond is going to depend upon our ability to get there in less than two years.That said, if you're thinking of Star Wars and the like, they're a sub-genre called Space Opera, and don't really sweat the technological details or physics. Don't think too hard about them, because any underlying notion of science gets pretty nonsensical beyond the surface technobabble.</blockquote>