Starship Asterisk*

neufer, Actually, in a 1st order approx, I only experience 0.35 g's since, Prius does 0-60 MPH in 8 secs (with 300 ft-lbs torque). SkyGazerGPS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0.63 g's : Shuttle 0.35 g's : Ares 1-X Don't forget he has to handle 1...

Yesterdaze post about my Prius acceleration was tongue-in-cheek and referred to the words used in the description of the Ares 1-X launch: The tremendous thrust of the Ares 1-X can bring the massive rocket from a standing start to a vertical speed of over 100 kilometers per hour in under eight second...

My Prius can do 62MPH in under 8 seconds... granted, not vertically