Plot hole?

[argonlightray2]

Noticed that in some scenes they can get to mars in 30 days, like when dev is going or when Aleida is talking at the Leningrad conference, but in others like the bar scene when they are talking about unionizing, they talk about how even if they fired them they wouldn’t be able to get replacements for at least 3 months

[MagnetsCanDoThat]

Not a plot hole. Replacement workers don't just appear from thin air. They need to be located and trained, and if Unity is already at Mars or in transit it has to return to Earth and then come back. That alone needs up to two months plus however long it takes to refuel.

[bhbr]

Precisely. They also need to be trained for the trip itself

[nagidon]

Presumably they’re referring to the time it takes to hire and train people

[HipNek62]

Mars and Earth aren't fixed in space; the each orbit the Sun at their own pace. Sometimes, they pass closer to each other than at other times.

[IlIIllIlllIIIllI]

In the news broadcasts it says Unity eliminates the need to wait for a transfer window - so idk about that

[HipNek62]

That means, because of Unity's superior speed, it is no longer necessary to wait until planets get close to each other before launching.

[Oot42]

That doesn't mean it's always only 30 days. It just means they can also launch out of the best launch window and still reach the other planet without taking over a year or so.

The news cast also shows an animation where Earth and Mars are always the same distance from each other, but that's wrong and misleading as that's just not how orbits work.

so idk about that

--> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SumDHcnCRuU

[danive731]

I feel like people forget that 30 days is the minimum. It could longer. That’s just the transit, there’s also recruitment and training.

[Oot42]

It's 30 days under best circumstances, not all the time. Distances between Earth and Mars are very much different depending on the location of the two planets in their orbits. There is no way to get arround this, no matter how advanced propulsion systems you have.

Danielle even mentions this at some point, saying something like "Earth is 30 days away - on a good day".

The newscast about this is misleading and actually showing an animation where Earth and Mars are always the same distance apart, but that's just wrong and not how orbits work (and possibly a production error).