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Old 17-01-2013, 10:53 AM
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OOPS! Ignore me. What I didn't pick up on was my critical mistake.

The time for it to reach this velocity (0.5c) is given by this equation:
t = v/a = 1.5×108/10 = 3.06×107 s = 174 days

ie: what they were saying was that the time taken to reach v= 0.5c was 174 days, NOT the time for the entire trip

Sorry!
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