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From: mojo@kepler.UUCP (Morris Jones)
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Subject: Re: Nuclear Rockets
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Date: Mon, 5-Aug-85 02:26:55 EDT
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Does anyone have a vague idea of what kind of G forces the crew of a
nuclear rocket a la Footfall would be subjected to?  Missing data
from the book includes the mass (inertia) of the Archangel, and the
size of the bombs used to propel it.  I kept thinking during the book
that we were talking bone-crushing acceleration here -- especially
from a ground launch.
-- 
Mojo
... Morris Jones, MicroPro Product Development
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