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Delta-V isn't the only consideration. Seeing as how humans need constant supply and environmental control, travel time for a reasonable dV budget is also important; e.g. with aerobraking it takes less dV to get to the Mars surface than to the Lunar surface, but the life support and (even for robotic missions) power/thermal systems need to be much more substantial.


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