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Re: Operational scale

From: Donald Hosford <hosford.donald@a...>
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 12:55:37 -0500
Subject: Re: Operational scale

Nyrath the nearly wise wrote:

> Donald Hosford wrote:
> > I figured it out on a computer a long time ago. (back when they were
only 8
> > bit...)
> > At 1 gee acceleration, it takes something like 340 earth days to
reach light
> > speed.  I have forgotten how far you would travel by the time you
reached light
> > speed.
>
>	  IIRC about half a light year.

So how close was I on the time taken?

Donald Hosford

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