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One advantage this has over guns is that jerk (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerk_(physics) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerk_(physics)) is lower. I don’t kno
by Someone 4y ago
One advantage this has over guns is that jerk (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerk_(physics) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerk_(physics)) is lower.
I don’t know whether it makes a difference in survivability, but it seems to me that it would, at least somewhat, for some materials.
But then, what do I know? Impact resistance typically is reported in gs, but that might be a simplification because, typically, the higher order time derivatives of position correlate well with acceleration.
- JKCalhoun 4y agoI would invest in more rockoon research. More of an elegant way to sidestep the thick atmosphere we're straddled with rather than brute force it with cannons and such. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockoon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockoon
- aaronblohowiak 4y agoMakes a lot of sense to me — make the atmosphere do a lot of the heavy lifting rather than fuel.