# Rob Somerville **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 14, 2012, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-somerville/628189 "2012-07-14T09:10:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rbrtsmrvll6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/50afbb/32.png) [@rbrtsmrvll6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbrtsmrvll6)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-somerville/628189/1 "2012-07-14T09:10:50Z")
If a starship could accelerate at 9.8 meters per second squared then its crew would experience artificial gravity equal to that normally experienced on Earth. How long would it take them to reach places like Jupiter, Pluto, the nearest star to the sun or the nearest galaxy to us given that they would have to decelerate from the half way point to maintain artificial gravity? Would they have the speed of light to contend with as a barrier to this possibility? ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-somerville/628189/2 "2012-07-14T09:24:42Z")
Reported for forum change. ---
**Author:** ![rbrtsmrvll6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/50afbb/32.png) [@rbrtsmrvll6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbrtsmrvll6)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-somerville/628189/3 "2012-07-14T09:32:02Z")
Sorry, I am just new here and I think I must have made a mistake but what does, “Reported for forum change.” mean? ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-somerville/628189/4 "2012-07-14T09:35:16Z")
No problem - and welcome to the board. You have just put your post in the wrong forum. I think it would be better suited to General Questions, so I informed the mods that it should be moved. It would also be better to give your post a title more indicative of the subject. ---
**Author:** ![rbrtsmrvll6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/50afbb/32.png) [@rbrtsmrvll6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbrtsmrvll6)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-somerville/628189/5 "2012-07-14T09:58:58Z")
Thanks for your help, NineToTheSky. “It would also be better to give your post a title more indicative of the subject.” Will I be able to change the title? Rob Somerville ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-somerville/628189/6 "2012-07-14T10:42:55Z")
> [@rbrtsmrvll6](#): > > Thanks for your help, NineToTheSky. > > “It would also be better to give your post a title more indicative of the subject.” Will I be able to change the title? > Rob Somerville The mod who moves it will likely change the title for you. It’s no big deal, welcome! ---
**Author:** ![srzss05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@srzss05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srzss05)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-somerville/628189/7 "2012-07-14T11:46:52Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > The mod who moves it will likely change the title for you. It’s no big deal, welcome! Just in case I reported that as well. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-somerville/628189/8 "2012-07-14T11:48:39Z")
> [@srzss05](#): > > Just in case I reported that as well. Reported for repetitive reporting. ---
**Author:** ![srzss05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@srzss05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srzss05)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-somerville/628189/9 "2012-07-14T11:51:42Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Reported for repetitive reporting. I was tempted to report my own post, so that all these off-topic posts get removed when the thread is moved. Normally, I just report a post and don’t bother mentioning it to avoid those exact problems. ---
**Author:** ![rbrtsmrvll6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/50afbb/32.png) [@rbrtsmrvll6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbrtsmrvll6)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-somerville/628189/10 "2012-07-14T11:58:16Z")
Thanks everybody. I’ve put it in the proper forum now myself. Of course this might cause my question to appear twice in the General Questions forum but I’ll watch for that there and try to sort it. ---
**Author:** ![srzss05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@srzss05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srzss05)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-somerville/628189/11 "2012-07-14T11:58:56Z")
And I see the OP started a new thread anyway, so reported for duplicate thread. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-somerville/628189/12 "2012-07-14T12:11:45Z")
> [@srzss05](#): > > And I see the OP started a new thread anyway, so reported for duplicate thread. Just in case I reported this as well. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-somerville/628189/13 "2012-07-14T13:18:55Z")
Welcome to the SDMB, **rbrtsmrvll6**. Looks like you’ve gotten plenty of advice already, and since you’re started a new thread in GQ I’ll just close this one. **twickster** , for the SDMB