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> timeframes involved in getting to even very close stars means living aboard the ships traveling there for an extended period of time At our current level of
by Mikeb85 7y ago
> timeframes involved in getting to even very close stars means living aboard the ships traveling there for an extended period of time
At our current level of technology. Colonizing Mars is likely 50-100 years away, within that time frame it's very conceivable that we might develop the ability to travel between stars quickly.
- aidenn0 7y agoThere are only 11 stars within 10 light years. None of the exoplanets yet discovered around them are expected to be more habitable than Mars. This puts a hard lower boundary of 10 years for travel to an earth-like exoplanet. If we limit the craft's acceleration to 1g, add a couple of extra years (about a year to hit 0.9c at 1g acceleration, and then the same amount of time to slow down on the other end).