Quote:Acceleration doesn't have anything to do with the force of gravity though. A "g" is simply a way of normalizing the force on the body due to acceleration. Regardless, the inertia of the mass of whatever is being moved has to be overcome, the faster you over come that inertia (acceleration), the higher the force on the thing.

Forgive my scientific ignorance here.

 

So the force that gravity exerts on the body is not magnified or increased (either in fact or effect) by acceleration?

 

To me that seems kinda counterintuitive-if I even understand your point correctly.

 

If an astronaut is in a capsule outside of earth's gravitational pull and in orbit, the capsule he is in is moving while orbiting.  The force of the movement of the capsule does not force the astronaut against the wall of the craft.  He has to be strapped in to a chair to keep from floating in a zero gravity environment. 

 

Nevertheless, this topic is very fascinating to me considering I am a bit of a star wars geek and the concept of space travel was always cool to me, but not possible because so many interesting places are so many light years away.  Now, if this article is accurate and longer term space voyages are a lot more viable, I'm a lot more interested in the concept.

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