On Mon, 2011-09-12 at 19:45 -0400, DataPacRat wrote: > GVB suggests that, ignoring fuel, a rocket that's nothing but a big > TL8 nuclear pulse drive could reach about 20 gees, which would give an > outside range of around .95 AU... so I suggested Venus, which is only > .28 AU away during conjunction, and might allow a more feasible > vehicle (ie, one that has enough fuel for the trip).
Unless you have inertial dampers, antigravity or some other way to cushion the passengers, they aren't going to survive 15 hours at 20 gravities. -- Knowledge Is Power Power Corrupts Study Hard Be Evil _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
