Re: RE: RE: starship-design: Engine Parameters

[KellySt@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/13/98 7:24:34 AM, lparker@cacaphony.net wrote:

>Kelly,
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>> Why would you want to boost more then 1g?  It won't get you there
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>> any sooner,
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>> you just spend more time at coast and hurt you and the ship more
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>> during boost.
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>Why does your car's speedometer read to over 70 mph? You never go that fast
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>and would just get a ticket if you did.

Not in my area of the country.

>Because, the optimum cruise speed of the engine is less than the maximum
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>speed, that why.

What does that meen?  Why would you build a ship (spending all the extra cost)
to make it able to take a multi g boost?  It has no practical benifit.


>Lee

Kelly