blue_bean wrote:
The famous "Falling Man" of 9/11 was the brother of one of The Village People (the one who wore the army uniform)
that is an interesting piece of information. it would have taken him about 7 seconds (896 ft) to land. 7 seconds would be an eternity in the mind of someone flailing futilely in the air knowing that there is a fatal bang inevitably approaching.
i am not sure this is relevant but here is the screen of my little program that shows how a 1g acceleration results in velocity and distance in a vacuum over time
here is the simple code behind the "begin" button that populates the text boxes.
i am not sure that my reply is interesting
i ran the program last night and i left it on, and by the morning, the unrestricted distance travelled was 23 million km, and it is gently exponential, so i would think vast distances could be traversed over a few weeks if a constant 1G acceleration could be experienced by a vehicle that could "fall" toward some fabricated pseudo mass that always remains in the direction of the destination.
anyway it was a tired thought and one that is now slaked.