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To: Nachum

That’s quite a tecnological advance.

Now on to the next challenge:

How to slow down to a stop from 50,000 mph without turning the humans into grease spots on the bulkhead.


13 posted on 10/04/2012 1:58:13 PM PDT by Iron Munro (A bisexual Muslim is one who owns both a camel AND a goat.)
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To: Iron Munro

Start braking a little over half way there?

But yeah, my first thought was how many G’s would it take.


23 posted on 10/04/2012 2:41:30 PM PDT by Darth Reardon
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To: Iron Munro

“How to slow down to a stop from 50,000 mph without turning the humans into grease spots on the bulkhead.”

Accellerate at 1g half way there and decellerate 1 g half way back (or whatever the ratio is), minus whatever speed is needed to maintain stable orbit at Amrs.


25 posted on 10/04/2012 2:53:53 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Iron Munro

how long does it take to travel 64,000,000 in a ship capable of accelerating at 1g assuming the maximum acceleration is used, then:

1g = 32 ft / s^2

1g = (32 ft /s^2)(3600^2 s^2/hr^2)(1 mile/5280 ft)

1g = 78545 mile/hr^2

64,000,000 = 2 * 32,000,000 (because you spend half the time accelerating and half the time decelerating - otherwise you get there, but you can’t stop)

d = at^2
t = sqrt(d/a)

t = sqrt(32,000,000 miles / (78545 miles/hr^2))
t = sqrt(407)
t = 20.2 hr

Double that and get 40.4 hr, or just under two days.


26 posted on 10/04/2012 2:59:36 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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