4 ms·

Would there be issues with decelerating?

• yellowapple 7y ago
  No more than there would be with accelerating, I suspect. "Decelerating" in space is just accelerating in the opposite direction.
  • jiofih 7y ago
    Which makes the prospect of engines failing halfway through a lot more scary.
    • gpderetta 7y ago
      Lithobreaking is always an option.
• elif 7y ago
  Put it on a lazy Susan, run it for the 2nd half of the trip. (But the paper describes the mechanism for deceleration without repositioning the engine)
  • quickthrower2 7y ago
    With some duck pancakes?
    • elif 7y ago
      Yea maybe this thing works like a microwave as a biproduct, keep em warm. I imagine ducks and rabbits would be the best spacestock.