RE: Near-Topic: G forces

Interesting comments on G forces in these two stories.
Hope some prove helpful.

http://www.dallasnews.com/texasliving/stories/gforces_04liv.ART.5ec14.ht
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http://www.dallasnews.com/texasliving/stories/coaster_04liv.ART.59c32.ht
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As an aside, I remember a cartoon from my youth,
"Battle Between the Planets," I think was the name,
featuring G Force with their ship, the Phoenix. Mark,
Princess, Jason ... that's all I can remember. Oh
yeah, there was a monkey too, right?

--- Bob Makowsky <rmakowsky@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I would go with about 2g as tolerable for "high g
> routine".  Mostly lying
> around in acceleration couches using screens/voice
> activated or side stick
> mounted controls.  You are not going to have folks
> running around even in
> 2g.  Slow walking and lost more sprains strains and
> breaks.
> 
> Bob
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> [mailto:owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU]On
> Behalf Of Brian
> Bilderback
> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 2:31 PM
> To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> Subject: RE: Near-Topic: G forces
> 
> 
> Thanks to both of you.  The reason I'm asking is
> because I'm a big fan of
> jump/spacefold type FTL travel PSB.  I was trying to
> do the math for how
> long it would take to accelerate to C if a ship kept
> withing human-tolerable
> G's (I know, there's more to acceleration to C than
> that,  but it gives a
> rough guesstimate).  LOOOOONG time.....
> 
> 2B^2
> 
> 
> 
>
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