Re: [TML] 1G ship vs Size 8 world.
Tim 05 Oct 2017 05:53 UTC
On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 05:20:51AM +0000, xxxxxx@comcast.net wrote:
> The Computing Travel Time formula on p. 60 matches the GDW 0213 MT
> Imperial Encyclopedia's Travel Times To Orbit p. 92 that a ship with
> a 1G drive taking off from a size 8 world takes 38 minutes.
That seems excessive. If the ship can reach orbit at all, it's
unlikely to take more than 15-20 minutes to do so. I wonder what
assumptions they used to get 38 minutes?
- Tim
