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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / Re: Bell's string paradox, but string doesn't break if constant thrust instead?
« on: 17/09/2022 15:19:57 »That makes a negligible relativistic effect even more negligible. This is not an engineering exercise. You're already giving your rockets far more delta-v (about 40x) than can be done by any current technology. So it's a thought experiment, and so your cable can be as light and strong as you want, barring relativistic limits. Bell's spaceship scenario isn't a problem at all with human rockets because the scenario just won't come up.
If I say that the string has a negligible mass, wrong. If then I consider the string to have a mass, wrong. Now, I'm using "rockets" with exceeding delta-v's, which I did not mention anywhere in my exposition or comments, and I can't talk of a generic spaceship, because as a thought experiment I can say whatever and then, as those scenarios would never come up, is useless. Well, for me with this first comment is the end of the thread, or if you wish, breaks the thread.
You can delete the thread it if you wish.
Anyway, for me has been a nice time answering. Thanks