Two ballistics problems that may arise in future transportation have been formulated and solved in detail. The first problem is that of a vehicle moving along a great circle of the earth; the second problem is that of a rocket moving radially away from the earth. In both cases the magnitude of the resultant acceleration applied to the body has been set equal to a constant. The value of this acceleration will be determined ultimately by the maximum acceleration that human beings or material objects can withstand.
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1953
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