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Why does it say the Chrysalis spends 400 years in inertial age at 0.01c if it accelerates for 1 year at 0.1g? That should bring it to actually ~0.1c and the who
by bobabob 1y ago
Why does it say the Chrysalis spends 400 years in inertial age at 0.01c if it accelerates for 1 year at 0.1g? That should bring it to actually ~0.1c and the whole trip would take less than 15 years.
- 383toast 1y agoDoesn't it need to slow down
- bobabob 1y agoYes, and that should also take 1 year.
- m4rtink 1y agoIf its loosing mass for propulsion, it might need to slow down a lighter ship, taking less time ? Remember, a lighter ship can start slowing down later so it will arrive to its destination faster. This might be important if you are traveling with a flotilla of ships & decide for a little race at the end. Also helps if you have some heavy hibernation pods on board[0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chasm_City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chasm_City
- vl 1y agoWow, great find. It's funny that for such massive presentation with so many calculations there is such a simple error. Maybe they wanted to accelerate at 0.01g?