Accelerating a mass of 1000 tons to C.

It takes a LOT of energy to get something anywhere close to C. I can’t remember the exact numbers but I recall it would take 99 kg of antimatter to accelerate 1kg of matter up to 0.5 C and then stop it again. Nearly every sci-fi novel vastly underestimates the mundane logistics of interstellar travel. It may turn out to be feasible but not economically viable for anything but long term hibernation ships.

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How will 2Gs make you older? Just the forces involved?
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Wear and tear.

Conversely, if you accelerate at 1/2 G, you’ll be younger when you arrive. :slight_smile:

If you pass the speed of light, you arrive before you left, which makes you temporally younger as well.