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It's not the time, it's the energy. To get to the nearest star (4LY away) in 200 years, you'd need to accelerate to 2% of light speed (6000km/s) and have the me
by mabbo 8y ago
It's not the time, it's the energy. To get to the nearest star (4LY away) in 200 years, you'd need to accelerate to 2% of light speed (6000km/s) and have the means to slow down when you arrive.
And that's just the energy to move you- how do you stay fed, etc, for 200 years far from any star?
- whatshisface 8y ago>And that's just the energy to move you- how do you stay fed, etc, for 200 years far from any star? If you are bringing enough energy with you to achieve that kind of propulsion everything else will just be a tiny sliver on top of it.