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> It's even "fast" in space, because of how travel in space works. You don't just keep thrusting in space; instead you make a limited burn and then coast to where you're going, making a final reversal burn towards the end.

The dream of course is that you keep thrusting, accelerating until the halfway point, then flip around and burn to decelerate. In that scheme, your thrust doubles as artificial gravity too!



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