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To: jonrick46
Our present natural gravitational force is 16 feet/second squared.

Not to be too pedantic here but ft/s^2 is not a force it is an acceleration. And the value you site is wrong for the gravitational acceleration at the Earth's surface. It is 9.81 m/s^2, 32.17405 ft/s^2.

Nonetheless; my calculation says that at 9.8m/s^2 it would take 0.95 years to get to the speed of light. This calculation is based on classical mechanics not taking into account relativistic effects.

23 posted on 11/01/2017 6:34:21 AM PDT by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting)
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To: super7man

And taking relativity into account? What then? Earth’s time? Traveler’s time?


27 posted on 11/01/2017 6:55:17 AM PDT by GOPJ ( http://fakehatecrimes.org/ - List of fake hate crimes against traditional/conservative Americans)
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To: super7man

Great reply. This means, if one were to accelerate to the speed of lignt, one would not want to do it quickly. Likewise, they would have to slow down at a rate where inertia does not kill the humans or put them under unnatural forces. Ideally, both acceleration and deceleration would be at ideal rates to cause inertia forces to match the gravitation humans are used to on Earth. By you calculations, you use up almost two years in acceleration and deceleration. Alpha Centari is 4.367 light years away. You add two more years for the inertia effects.


34 posted on 11/01/2017 12:30:10 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Trump continues to have all the right enemies.)
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