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RE: Piqued #1: The Big Problem With Interstellar Travel Or Why You Will Never See Alpha Centauri In Person

in #science • 7 years ago

Personally I'd feel confident my kids could get to Alpha Centauri if people stopped being so greedy and wasteful and we actually focused on it as a goal, although I believe we have more pressing issues, I'm sure we'd at least get something non-manned there.

But without that, without that fantasy, it'll be much much much longer.

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     7 years ago 

    I'm afraid you're probably right - although, as I'll discuss in the next post, even with all of humanity backing the project, interstellar travel is anything but assured.

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       7 years ago 

      Why Alpha Centauri? Isn't the Trapist system closer?

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