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You see a few replies mentioning 0.1c... I suppose that's as good a fantasy as any. Given a 0.1c peek velocity you need about 150 years to traverse 11ly assumi
by topspin 9y ago
You see a few replies mentioning 0.1c... I suppose that's as good a fantasy as any. Given a 0.1c peek velocity you need about 150 years to traverse 11ly assuming a linear acceleration/deceleration curve with some sort of high efficiency electric propulsion. How one powers such a drive for a century is a problem. Another is dealing with interstellar dust you collide with at 30,000 km/s. Just engineering a complex machine reliable enough to continue functioning that long is seriously tough problem. It's not feasible at this point.
- wallace_f 9y agoI wonder how much dust in-between solar systems is travelling at arbitrary speeds relative to our galaxy. In other words, even at lower speeds what are the chances some specks of dust are travelling at dangerous speeds? That's a lot of distance to cover.