Full Thrust Java test list -- November 2007

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Re: FTJava: Game1345 Completed



Indy said:
> It is a flexible system, and the numbers I cite there are not official. I
> think laserlight or someone calculated these out assuming 1 thrust = 1g of
> acceleration. So you can PSB it away for different scales. :-)

the thought of a NASA guy relying on my calculations....

Depending on your assumptions, I figured 7.5 min for 1000km, or something 
like 90 seconds for 100km. This is going by memory because I'm too lazy to 
find t where d =1/2 a t^2 where d = 100,000m, a = 10m/sec.







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