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I'm writing an SF novel with FTL travel. In my story, there are different motion regimes, including superluminal, based on this https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333614143_A_GENERAL_LOCAL_CAUSALITY_PRINCIPLE_OF_SPACE-TIME_A_PREPRINT I found.
My story: in our (c1) regime, whatever velocity you can achieve via rockets, jets, magic, etc., divided by the speed of light, you can achieve in the c2 motion regime: which, according to the paper, has a speed of light that is 5 E 26 times c!
My question is: if you construct a Saturn 5 rocket in, say, orbit and lit the F1's and various stage engines from orbit, what velocity would you attain with a ~100 ton payload? Divided by c, I can use this ratio to determine the Saturn 5's top end if it were to (somehow) "transfer" to the c2 motion regime of the paper.
Thanks.
My story: in our (c1) regime, whatever velocity you can achieve via rockets, jets, magic, etc., divided by the speed of light, you can achieve in the c2 motion regime: which, according to the paper, has a speed of light that is 5 E 26 times c!
My question is: if you construct a Saturn 5 rocket in, say, orbit and lit the F1's and various stage engines from orbit, what velocity would you attain with a ~100 ton payload? Divided by c, I can use this ratio to determine the Saturn 5's top end if it were to (somehow) "transfer" to the c2 motion regime of the paper.
Thanks.