Star Trek phsyics: It dun werk

[ebenbrooks]

IF the USS Voyager was transported 70,000 light years away when it was sent to the Delta Quadrant, and

IF said voyage home would take 70 years at maximum warp (stated in the series to be 9.75),

THEN the USS Voyager can travel 1,000 light years in one Solar year,

WHICH EQUALS 2.74 light years per Solar day,

WHICH MEANS that it would take the USS Voyager, traveling at maximum warp from Earth:

• ALMOST TWO DAYS to reach Alpha Centauri;
• SIX DAYS to reach Vulcan (40 Eridani A);
• TWELVE AND A HALF DAYS to reach the Romulan Neutral Zone;
• THIRTY-THREE AND A HALF DAYS (over a full month) to reach Bajor;
• FORTY-FOUR AND A QUARTER DAYS to reach Qo'noS;
• and THREE FULL MONTHS to reach Ceti Alpha (where Khan was stranded).