Artificial gravity by acceleration
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2016 10:10 pm
Someone on a web comic forum just brought this up, thought I'd poke some people who know more about trajectories.
The thought was on a ship with enough isp to hold a fair amount of gravity by acceleration and deceleration, instead of doing a flip half way through to start the deceleration phase, you simply pull a uturn under power. Properly done, you stay under constant gravity with negligible side forces.
The problem of course is keeping yourself on course to your destination. How much trouble would a powered flip be?
The thought was on a ship with enough isp to hold a fair amount of gravity by acceleration and deceleration, instead of doing a flip half way through to start the deceleration phase, you simply pull a uturn under power. Properly done, you stay under constant gravity with negligible side forces.
The problem of course is keeping yourself on course to your destination. How much trouble would a powered flip be?