Re: [nbos] [AS] Travel Times"Walter M. Scott III" Sat Aug 29th, 2009
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> the nearly wise
> Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 8:15 PM
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> Subject: Re: [nbos] [AS] Travel Times
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> Walter M. Scott III wrote:
> >>...Hello,
> >>...I am trying to figure out some travel times at slower
> than light.
> >>...Anyone know of any easy way to compute these times?
> ...For example,
> >>a sleeper ship that is going from earth to 61 Cygni.
> > Assuming acceleration of 3/4 Gs, I was just trying to
> figure out how
> > long it would take to travel.
>
> There are two times: the time as measured on Earth,
> and the time as measured on board the starship.
>
Actually I was not the original poster. But I do agree with your points.
My post was the simplest, ignoring relativistic effects for simplicity.
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