[U S Army EOD]

If a propulsion system could be developed that would consistently accelerate at 1g for half the trip and then decelerate at 1g for the other half of the trip, then the problem would be solved. Of course to obtain the velocity you would need, you could accelerate at 3 or 5 g's for short periods of time. They only problem on this would be finding a propulsion system and a fuel to run it.

This would work if we can come up with the fuel and the motor and some very smart computers.

[Museum Twenty]

Just askin'....

How about a little less gravity here on earth?

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

After many years, I have concluded that a reduction in gravity is my best chance to lose weight.

Let's go, Science!

[derlauerer]

If a propulsion system could be developed that would consistently accelerate at 1g for half the trip and then decelerate at 1g for the other half of the trip, then the problem would be solved. Of course to obtain the velocity you would need, you could accelerate at 3 or 5 g's for short periods of time. They only problem on this would be finding a propulsion system and a fuel to run it.

Actually, at a continuous acceleration of 1G, you can build up some quite amazing speeds really quickly.

For example, accelerating at 1G (9.81 meters/second) for a period of one day (86400 seconds) will give you a velocity of nearly 850 kilometers per second. During this time, you will travel over 36.5 million kilometers.

A two-day trip, therefore, accelerating until halfway, and decelerating thereafter, would take you more than 73 million kilometers from your starting point. A four-day trip would cover nearly 300 million kilometers, or more than the typical length of a trip to Mars.

Basically, using a continuous acceleration/deceleration of 1G will enable you to get to anywhere in the Solar System in less than a month.