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From: <matthew.malthouse at guardian.co.uk>
A question.
The Whorl of the Long Sun produces a facsimilie of gravity through spin. Otherwise when we see it there is no other acceleration. Is there (and I ask because I can't remember) any mention of how the Whorl behaved when traveling?
No mention.
A good equation to remember for astrogation is
gy = c
If you accelerate at 1 gravity for 1 year you reach the speed of light - or would if not for relativistic effects.
I doubt the Loganstone could manage more an 1/100 g acceleration. Even that would "raise" the front end miles above the back end, in effect.
It's a big problem, but it is not a significantly bigger problem for a round trip.
Maybe it was cone shaped?
hartshorn