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Re:Project Hyperion: Interstellar ship design competition by ben_w on Thursday August 07, 2025 @07:29AM (#44823147)
Your maths is correct.

Shame we don't have a way to efficiently convert fuel energy directly into a ship's kinetic energy, and have to go via conservation of momentum… though I suppose magnetic launch of interstellar vehicles would be a neat use for a Dyson shell or Niven ring?: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=0.5+*+1+gee+*+%280.01c%...

Re:Project Hyperion: Interstellar ship design competition by jvanderbot on Thursday August 07, 2025 @08:43AM (#44823751)
Is this the right time to mention the Atomic Rockets website?

https://projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/

It's _full_ of good stuff.

Re:Project Hyperion: Interstellar ship design competition by ben_w on Thursday August 07, 2025 @09:48AM (#44824434)
Project Rho is one of my references for the novel I'm trapped in an endless cycle of re-writing :)