Calculating G-Force and Velocity

Simplifying a larger problem.

Building a sci-fi text game and I don't want the science to be too wrong. Imagine I have two points in space which are 111,125 kilometers apart and it takes 17 minutes and 41 seconds (1,061 seconds) to travel between them. Assuming constant acceleration and we flip halfway through burn, it seems to me that the g-force (relative to Earth's gravity) would be calculated as $$g_{earth} = \frac{meters /(\frac{seconds}{2})^2}{9.8}$$

With the above math, I have roughly 40gs (potentially killing the passengers), but I'm unsure if that is right and I don't know how to calculate max velocity in this scenario.

(Suggestions on best ways of surviving high-G burns also welcome).

posted about 8 years ago

Curtis Poe‭

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