And what if you get an answer, which will be speculative at the very
least??? Are you in a position to DO anything about it??? Autodynamics
is just another theory, like so many others, including my preferred one
of aether, none of which has been proven YET...so would the effort
involved in working out your question be useful in any practical sense?
I hear what you are saying about just blowing off relativity and the FTL
limitations, seems like it would be a straightforward calculation...mass
of ship, rate of acceleration for a given amount of fuel and how long
that acceleration would have to last to achieve then double the speed of
light, ASSUMING that relativity would not matter, your basic video
game...<g>...
Look it up in a physics book, I've seen the basic formulas which could
be easily adapted to resolve your question....you know there is an old
precept that says you should do all that YOU can to achieve your answers
of goals, and when you are at the apparent end of your rope, you will
receive the help you need.
Sounds great, but I've not seen it happen in reality in my life, though
I've not HONESTLY tried to resolve some fairly simple questions in the
form of experiments..
Anyway, get thee to a physics book, check out the sections of
acceleration, velocity, mass, etc...all the formulas will be there...in
fact, I think you could probably adapt the train speed or automobile
speed formulas to your space ship question....please do let us know what
your answer is....not that I can do anything about testing it...<g>..but
a bit off ooohh-aaaahh, is always interesting....seeya!
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