Not that I could ever afford such a journey, but it seems likely to me that the negative acceleration would kill me - if the positive acceleration hadn't already done so. I'm pretty sure I don't want to go to Shanghai that badly.

If the math is correct, the speed required would be an average of 11, 329 MPH to cover the 7,364 miles between NYC and Shanghai (as indicated by Google) in 39 minutes. Actual maximum speed would have to be considerably higher to achieve that average.


Jim.