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Author Topic:   Is Faster Than Light travel the wrong question?
lyx2no
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Message 29 of 81 (533528)
10-31-2009 4:12 PM
Reply to: Message 28 by DevilsAdvocate
10-31-2009 3:57 PM


A Box
Any thoughts if this could hypothetically work?
Draw a box around your ship. Everything within that box must have the same average acceleration or it would not long stay within the box. Now, for a second or ten we could accelerate something aft reducing it's immediate G but we'll pay for it in spades when we get to the stern.
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Message 50 of 81 (533773)
11-02-2009 6:34 PM
Reply to: Message 36 by Perdition
11-02-2009 1:42 PM


Mount Everest
Anything, even neutronium, that would gravitationally attract you at 1G would have the mass of the earth.
Not true; since distance also plays a role in the force we don't need and Earth size mass to feel an Earth sized acceleration. With a compact mass equal to Everest such that we could stay 35 meters from it's center we'd feel a 1g force. At 10.25 meters We'd get 11g. We accelerate that at 10g and live in the nadir 1g point. The tidal forces would likely be a bit uncomfortable if we're much bigger than a soccer ball, but we can't have everything, now; can we?

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