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Originally Posted by Atgxtg
the a=2s/(t^2)
a=4151220000/(83700^2)
a=4151220000/7,005690000
a=0.5925m/s
or mind bogglingly slow.  |
But near weightless conditions (1/20th g) although it does reach 178000 Km/Hr or 49.5 km/sec at its fastest, which is quite quick.
The NSTAR Ion Drive used in the Deep Space mission has a thrust of 0.096N which accelerates 1 Kg at 0.096m/s^2, or 1/50th of your calculated acceleration, so it's a lot faster than current ion drives, but at 328,000 Kg, you'd have to use 1.64 million times as much fuel as the current ion drives.
So, if you want high velocity over long periods of time then current technology is fine. If you want to cover long distances over short periods of time then you need lowish acceleration, if you need to move large objects you ned massive amounts of fuel or some new-fangled or made-up technology.
But, the point of SciFi is that it is Fiction, so made-up technology is fine.