Re: velocity calculation

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From: hemenway
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1992 12:55

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In article <1992Jul29.133642.10561@esfra.sub.org> holger@esfra.sub.org (Holger Stegemann) writes:
>Could someone help me with this problem?
>
>Given a constant acceleration for a spaceship, how can I calculate the
>velocity when it comes near c ?
>
>For example, if a spaceship accelerates with 1 g for 1 year, what is it's
>velocity? I couldn't find a formula for it.
>
>Thanks,
>Holger.

For constant A, 

V=A*T

In your unfortunate example, you have a problem.
In free space, nothing can accelerate at 1 g (9.8 m/s) for one
year (3.1e7 s) because the object would exceed the speed of light
(2.997e8 m/s).

-Roe.  <hemenway@ll.mit.edu>

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