OMG Sounds way to good to be true :D Maybe colonization will be possible after all. I've had my doubts for the longest of times now, but this really foes give me new hope. Keep it up with the awesome postages Addi!
Haha, only 20 light years away! Pretty cool though.
Our fastest ion engine right now is about 100,000 m/s(speed of light is ~ 300,000,000 m/s) So that would only take 60,000 years to get there(assuming we had the fuel).
Now how the hell do u have enough fuel to get that far? Well solar sails of course! Problem is once you leave the solar system they are going to stop(eventualy)... SOOOOOOOOOO we set up a path of GIANT mirrors between the two planets and away we go...
ugg, it seems so awesome but we arn't ever going to see anything cool happen in our lifetime :-( Sign me up for cryonics!
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Our fastest ion engine right now is about 100,000 m/s(speed of light is ~ 300,000,000 m/s) So that would only take 60,000 years to get there(assuming we had the fuel).
Now how the hell do u have enough fuel to get that far? Well solar sails of course! Problem is once you leave the solar system they are going to stop(eventualy)... SOOOOOOOOOO we set up a path of GIANT mirrors between the two planets and away we go...
ugg, it seems so awesome but we arn't ever going to see anything cool happen in our lifetime :-( Sign me up for cryonics!
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