Scott Hedrick wrote:

"Sir Gilligan Horry" <GM@ga7rm5er.com> wrote in message
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If people were going from Earth to Mars, they would go straight to
Mars.

No power in the universe can do that.

Actually, the DeltaV for going to Mars is not much different from the
DV required for lunar orbit. Therefore, it makes sense to go directly.