Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: Martin Brown <'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk>
Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design
Subject: Re: anti-gravity?
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 09:59:13 +0100
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Lines: 19
Message-ID: <v07t91$1hhhe$1@dont-email.me>
References: <v01ii2$3tno2$1@dont-email.me> <v01j1u$3tq25$1@dont-email.me>
 <v01j87$3tt2e$1@dont-email.me> <d0l82jt0vnpvko7ti9apb24ks61td1bg8b@4ax.com>
 <v01lj1$3u9a1$1@dont-email.me> <v0316h$a4ta$1@dont-email.me>
 <cpaa2jdi22m4nhbe83cehqdp63ujldoh01@4ax.com> <v05juj$uhqg$1@dont-email.me>
 <v06kar$15me1$1@dont-email.me>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Injection-Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 10:59:14 +0200 (CEST)
Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="8fa3ab296f509cd23d847cdf2d9bfa28";
	logging-data="1623598"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org";	posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19MENHDD6ImWZuA5Fl+oJ6VWnSzLlxqU4T9m1+NcIK2jQ=="
User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird
Cancel-Lock: sha1:FfSzZA5oIJLkdJyMfazV04f+EBQ=
In-Reply-To: <v06kar$15me1$1@dont-email.me>
Content-Language: en-GB
Bytes: 1939

On 22/04/2024 22:20, Jeff Layman wrote:
> On 22/04/2024 13:07, Martin Brown wrote:
> 
>> The guy claims 1g acceleration. 1g of continuous acceleration is enough
>> to reach the centre of our galaxy in about 20 years if memory serves.
> 
> 20 years?! I think there's a "k" missing. According to 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way#Sun's_location_and_neighborhood>, the sun is 26 - 27 kly from the centre of the galaxy.
> 
> Or are you proposing FTL speeds?

20 years in the rest frame of the individual travelling there with 
continuous acceleration of 1g.

Obviously the stay at home twin will be long dead by then.

-- 
Martin Brown