[ExI] Physical limits of electromagnetic launchers

[Kelly Anderson]

On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 5:00 AM,  <extropy-chat-request at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>
>> On 01/06/2012 15:49, Keith Henson wrote:
>>> v = at.  for v =1/10th c, 30,000,000m/s for a =~10g, 100 m/s^2, t
>>> =300,000 seconds or about 3.5 days of acceleration.

If we take a lesson from the particle accelerator folks, can we run
them around a big circle speeding them up for a bit before going to
the long straight cannon? What point do you have to be at for the
sideways G forces to be too much?

-Kelly