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From: m1b@rayssd.UUCP (M. Joseph Barone)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Re: distance and velocity
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Date: Wed, 13-Nov-85 12:51:39 EST
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	In article <641@cadomin.UUCP> andrew@cadomin.UUCP (Andrew Folkins)
writes:
> If I remember correctly, the transit time was 300 years.  The Andromeda galaxy
> is about 2,000,000 light years away, giving an average speed of about 6660c.

	One cannot just plug these values into the Newtonian equation:
x = 1/2at^2 + vt + x0 when dealing with values of v -> c.  I inferred
that the 300 years was the subjective time for the crew so this amount
of time cannot be used in the above equation.  Who knows how long the
trip would appear to an observer on Earth.  Regardless, this is a moot
topic since there aren't any equations for warp mathematics.

> ... Personally, I think :
>  
> warp 1 --> slow, 
> warp 2 --> not quite as slow, 
> . . ., 
> warp 9 --> Scotty := "She canna take it much longer, Capt'n", 
> warp 10+ --> Enterprise += alien technology, which for some reason

	I agree.

Joe Barone,	{allegra, decvax!brunix, linus, ccice5}!rayssd!m1b
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