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I think my "10,000s of gs" was maybe a slight underestimate. A light-gas gun [1] can accelerate a projectile to velocities of several km/s over a distance on th
by Sharlin 4y ago
I think my "10,000s of gs" was maybe a slight underestimate. A light-gas gun [1] can accelerate a projectile to velocities of several km/s over a distance on the order of a meter, giving an acceleration on the order of 1,000,000 g by a quick calculation.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-gas_gun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-gas_gun