Re: [GZG] AUs, Gravity wells and FTL

[Sylvester Wrzesinski <xveers@xxxxxxxxx>]

David Billinghurst wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> Thanks for the FTL thoughts and the gravity well figures - have filed them
> in my useful info file:)
>
> A dumb question - I recall that an AU, or Astronomical Unit, is the radius
> of Earth orbit, eg approx 93 million miles.  Is this AU still approx 93
> million miles if used as a measure in another stellar system?  I can't
> recall if the measure of an AU was in some way connected to our own solar
> system, or if it was just a convenient way of handling large,
> sub-interstellar, distances?
>  
It's a relatively arbatrary measurement (being related to Terra's 
orbit), but it does not change depending on the system used. It's just a 
convenient way of handling large sub-interstellar distances.

> Regards
>
> David
>
>  
>
> > From: JBrewer@xxxxxxxxx (John Brewer)
> > Subject: Re: [GZG] Hello List and some ruminations on FTL
> >
> > In regards to jump displacement, I figure that the standard MILITARY
> > jump [in non-emergency circumstances] is 6.5 lightyears or 2 parsecs.
> > Jump displacement for ships with civilian-built jumpdrives is 1 parcec.
> >    
>
> <snip of lotsa good stuff you'll just have to go archive diving for :) >
>
>
>  

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