Re: [TML] L-Hyd not necessary for jumping & misc....
Tim 20 May 2016 14:38 UTC
On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 07:22:08AM -0700, (via tml list) wrote:
> On 19 May 2016 at 10:43, Craig Berry wrote:
> > Could one jump a J-1 ship two parsecs by accelerating to a velocity
> > with tau=0.5 in its direction before jumping?
>
> Well, it'd take two weeks according to external observers.
Worse than that; it could take anywhere between 342 weeks and -340
weeks, depending upon direction of jump compared with velocity vector.
FTL really messes up with relativity.
- Tim