Re: FTL capable fighters (B5)
From: "Mike Wikan" <mww@n...>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 06:44:36 -0400
Subject: Re: FTL capable fighters (B5)
> 2) doing the math the numbers don't quite work out right. In order to
move
> 2 light months in 500 years the Epsilon Eridani system would have to
be
> booking at a space velocity of ~61 miles/second.
>
> 2 light months ~= 965,685,888,000 miles.
>
> 31,557,600 seconds in a year
>
> 500 years -> 15,778,800,000 seconds
>
> 965,685,888,000/15,778,800,000 ~= 61 miles/second
>
<snip>
Mark, you are scaring me....take a deep
breath....exhale......whewww...now, isn't that better??;-)
Mike Wikan
Game Design\Conceptual Art
n-Space, Inc.
A Producer of 3D Entertainment Software