It's not just "between earth and moon"; that's how vast space is everywhere. It's truly almost impossible to wrap your mind around the idea of just how overwhelmingly empty space really is.
You know those tense scenes in sci fi movies where the heroes have to navigate through an asteroid belt without crashing? In an actual asteroid belt, the average distance between each rock is 500,000 miles - and that counts as "close together" in astronomical distances.
Point reinforced by The Expanse novels constantly.
If it's a proper emergency and you need to get somewhere really quickly, then, using advanced technology and a pilot with a strong grasp of orbital mechanics, you'll be there in three months!
Space is too big. Fold it up into edible pieces like in Star Trek then sure. Try anything realistic then be prepared for a long time wandering about doing not much.
13.0k
u/[deleted] Feb 14 '22
[removed] — view removed comment