[Say, it isn't that bad!]

Originally Posted by AlexanderHowl

A fusion engine is just another name for a fusion rocket. 8 fuel tanks give 12 mps per tank, times 1.2 for eight tanks, for a total of 115.2 mps. It is 3 billion miles to Saturn and, when you divide 3 billion miles by 55 mps, you get ~55 million seconds or 1.72 years. It takes 0.06 years to accelerate at 0.005g to 55 mps and 0.06 years to decelerate from 55 mps. Hoffman transfers are fine for unmanned missions, but no one wants to spend 10 years traveling to Saturn (2 years is bad enough).

...I completely forgot about the Delta-V increase for having more fuel tanks.

Excuse me, need to revise that post about Brachistochrone Transfers and Ceres-Jupiter transfer stations...

Edit: Done.