Operational scale
From: Laserlight <laserlight@c...>
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 04:57:24 -0500
Subject: Operational scale
Starting from rest, 1 gee acceleration for 24 hours yields a distance
traveled of 0.25 AU, pretty close--assuming I used the right formula
(d=1/2
a t^2 ), setting 1gee at 10m/sec^2; and assuming my arithmetic is right.
(I haven't worked out when you get to relativistic speeds).
So what's a reasonable scale for operational level (gravitic drives)?
Is
1/4 AU per movement point about right?
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