From: sylvia@email.invalid   
      
   How does this actually help?   
      
   The aerodynamic forces on the craft are a function of its speed and air   
   density. There's not much one can do about the speed, given that the   
   craft is accelerating.   
      
   If the craft accelerates more slowly overall, for each speed it will be   
   traversing less dense air than it would do otherwise. But in that case,   
   is there a benefit from high initial acceleration and then reducing   
   acceleration on the approach to max-q?   
      
   Is it really about reducing vibration loads during max-q?   
      
   Sylvia.   
      
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