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To: fieldmarshaldj

If I read it right, the EM drive could continuously propel a vehicle forward. Okay, build up speed with a drive that provides constant acceleration. So. What about slowing down? They still have to do with mass and velocity and what it is going to take to not splatter on the moon.

I’d suggest the flight drive curve would look like a narrow bell curve with the second half “propelling in the reverse direction”. Hardly a ‘warp’ drive.


13 posted on 05/14/2015 2:59:07 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Gaffer

You can use it for artificial gravity. 1 g to halfway. Turn around and 1 g till you land. You can up it to 2 Gs if your in a hurry and strapped in


18 posted on 05/14/2015 3:26:00 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Gaffer

Also think of the G forces while accelerating. The craft would have to limit its acceleration or people in the craft be a Flat Stanley.

That would slow the trip down


21 posted on 05/14/2015 3:38:47 AM PDT by Fai Mao (Genius at Large)
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