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Does this take the needed deceleration in account? If we are to land there anyway :P
by evoloution 13y ago
Does this take the needed deceleration in account? If we are to land there anyway :P
- deletes 13y agoYes, but the real problem is fuel( even with antimatter ). And radiation.
- pdonis 13y agoI agree that the real problem is fuel, but 10 years isn't quite long enough if you are going to accelerate halfway and decelerate halfway to arrive at low speed. For a 2,500 light year trip composed of two 1,250 light year legs, the time experienced by the ship will be (in units where c and a are both approximately 1): 2 * T(1250 lyr) = 2 * (c/a) arccosh (ad/c^2 + 1) = 2 * arccosh(1250 + 1) = 2 * 7.8 = 15.6 yr.