Re: Mars in two weeks?

From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Sat Jan 06 2001 - 21:15:45 MST

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Spike Jones wrote:
>
> "Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" wrote:
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> > 9.8 m/s per second is 611 kilometers per second per day. If light is
> > 300,000 k/s, then it takes 490 days to get up to 'c' at a 'g'.
>
> bzzzzt. I get 847 km per second per day, c in 354 days, ignoring
> the relativistic effects of course. spike

You're right. I have no idea where the 611 came from.

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