On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 5:03 AM, Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:

Umm. At 62 mph (which in some editions of Traveller is much lower than the maximum speed) it's only 2-3 hours to LEO.

Google tells me that LEO is 1,200 miles up. 1,200 miles divided by 62 mph = 19.354 hours.

Maybe you (and canon) are assuming the air/raft goes faster once the atmosphere thins out? Or that 62 mph is a measurement of available acceleration rather than max speed?

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