Re: [FTFB] Not ships, exactally. . .

On Fri, 12 Feb 1999, John M. Atkinson wrote:

> And besides, Thrust 1 is (in many of the unofficial attempts to put in
a
> scale for FTII) equivelant to 1G worth of thrust.  That's overkill. 
> That's like buying a racecar to drive to the grocery store 2 blocks
> down.  I'm thinking .01G or whatever.

If you use realistic engines (specifically for this case a
deuterium-tritium fusion drive, which seems to work best), Thrust 1 -is-
0.01g.	Of course, the distance scale then works out to be 1 MU = 40 km,
which is smaller than a lot of people want (even if it is realistic).  
Just food for thought...

Keith