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To: cpdiii

Uh...yeah, two minutes from rest to 37,000 mph. Let’s just say that’s a lot of acceleration and leave it at that. May have to be a few advances in materials technology before that’s going to happen.


21 posted on 06/21/2018 11:35:56 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Billthedrill
"two minutes from rest to 37,000 mph"

No. They're claiming 37,000 miles per second, not per hour.

24 posted on 06/21/2018 11:41:17 PM PDT by Neanderthal (As you import the third world, you become the third world)
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To: Billthedrill
Correction: 37,000 miles per second

That much speed differential over a period of 120 seconds requires an average acceleration of about 51,000 G. It is possible for specially constructed electronics to survive G forces in that region.

That speed would make the flyby portion come and go in seconds. There would be measurable relativistic time dilation, but it would not be a deal-breaker.

34 posted on 06/22/2018 12:07:41 AM PDT by JustaTech (A mind is a terrible thing)
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