Re: What would the end velocity be if...?

Haven't done the sums but I would have thought you would have left Newton 
far behind and would need to use special relativity


"STJensen" <RecreationalPoker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Someone is placed in a capsule of an electro-magnetic repulsion
> accelerator in the weightless vacuum of space and accelerated along
> its entire length.  If the g force the person feels is 2g (32 ft/s-
> squared x 2) during the entire time along the accelerator and the
> accelerator is 60,000 miles long, how fast would the person be
> traveling when they leave the accelerator and how long would their run
> on the accelerator last?  And if a machine part was fired off on the
> same accelerator at 100g, why do I get the feeling that they be going
> a lot faster than 50 times as fast the 2g-accelerated human and their
> run taking a lot less than 1/50th the time?  Or is my gut wrong and
> they would only be going 50 times faster and their run would only be
> 1/50th the time?
>
> If I understand g forces in the weightless of space, the person/object
> has to at a constant rate of acceleration to so experience the desired
> g force.  The moment their velocity remains the same, they return to
> their weightless existence.  Thus when the person/machine-part finally
> leaves the 60,000-mile long accelerator, they will return to a
> weightless existence.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Scott