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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by flukus on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @06:41PM (#13710336)
Is there any reason to accelerate to the half way point? Accelerating to .99c is much faster and would use much less fuel. It also wouldn't make the travel time much different, to the outside observers anyway.
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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by andreareina on Thursday February 23, 2017 @02:12AM (#13712226)
If you accelerate beyond the halfway point you're not going to be able to stop in time.
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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by flukus on Thursday February 23, 2017 @03:12AM (#13712431)
I mean you can stop well before half way. 2 years at 1g will get you to .97c and drastically cut the fuel requirements.
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