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The 10,000g would be approximately uniform through the entire volume of the ship, so no damage. In a regular rocket, the acceleration would have to be transmitted to passengers and cargo through the normal force, and that would crush you.


Makes sense, though if you'd asked me before your explanation, I'd have thought the idea of accelerating at high speed without leaving free fall impossible.


It's a free fall that leaves the system at a different speed than it arrives!




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