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by dalke 3596 days ago
If there's only one engine then that's 236 mN thrust according to your [1]. Lets call it 4.12 N - put a few thrusters on or improve the technology.

The station mass is 419,455 kg. F = ma so the acceleration is 1 ยต G.

It will take a very long time to get to Mars that way.

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About 18 years assuming I'm using the right formula:

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=acceleration+formula&ra...