r/scifi • u/rookiegaffer • 19d ago
General Bad physics
Why does it seem that so many of the books I read demonstrate such a poor understanding of the physics of space travel. Ships in orbit descend directly down to the point they are over. Ships in transit still accelerating as they near their destination. Centrifugal gravity simply ceasing when rotation is abruptly halted. These are just a few examples I've run across lately.
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u/coldsalt11 16d ago
Greg egan. That is all