alt Hacker NewsThis is using the fact that at 1g acceleration, one will quickly approach the speed of light relative to its starting rest frame and time dilation will give the astronaut a _very long_ life relative to that frame.
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tuveson • yesterday at 8:03 PM
Ahh fair enough. Guess I wasn’t measuring the length of the observable universe in the frame of the astronaut…
The closer to lightspeed you get the more shit you would collide with. I think you would reach an equilibrium speed where drag balances thrust?