Pierce Nichols wrote:
At 01:28 PM 2/19/2003 -0800, Michael Wallis wrote:
Well ... 100+ G's at take-off is a little hard on the passengers as
well. 8-)
There's no a priori reason I can see that the acceleration
needs to be that high.
If anything laser launch has the opposite problem- getting enough thrust
to take off. Jordin had to add steam to his design to be able to do this.
-p
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-Ian
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