Quiz question...

[Space cat]

(if you know, then say so, but don't give it away until other bods have guessed..)

Is it because each wingtip vortice promotes condensation from supersaturated atmosphere?

I didn't read the post properly either. I deleted my answer.

 

[Space cat]

ABout a coupleof months. Fuel might last, but humans couldn't stand that acceleration for that long.

Humans would feel quite at home with an acceleration of one g and this would get us up to half light speed in 15,000,000 seconds.

The problem is fuel. To maintain the necessary thrust for that long, we would have to consume a sizeable fraction of the total mass of the ship AND do it in such a way that it is nearly all converted into energy. Hydrogen fusion only converts about 0.8% of the mass; the rest is dead weight in helium. The answer, as every trekky knows, is to use anti-matter.

PS: Don't forget that you will need another sustained period of reverse thrust to slow down.

 

[ChrisR]

I didn't read the post properly either.

Have I misundercognitized the question then?

 

[Space cat]

We weren't supposed to give the answer away.

 

[oompah]

We weren't supposed to give the answer away.

But is anybody going to tell on you.

 

[imamartian]

oh ffs... tell us the answer.. lol

 

[Space cat]

ChrisR's answer is pretty much the same as my deleted one. A plane creates two vortices as the air spills off the wing tips. The engine exhaust gases are sucked into these.

 

[fireman11]

Definitely it was intentioned by edisson electric bulb as all we light travel (3*(10)8) times faster than sound.