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Comment by lostlogin

4 hours ago

Gravity on Earth varies about .7%.

Increasing the acceleration a little bit more than that (eg to 1%) would make a difference.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_of_Earth

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rrr_oh_man  4 hours ago

> "Increasing the acceleration a little bit more than that (eg to 1%) would make a difference."

Wouldn't that be only a few months on a decades-long journey at 1.01G vs 1G??

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