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Potentially you could bring the sun along with you.

• misnome 6y ago
  Where does the energy to accelerate the sun at 1g come from?...
  • fabiospampinato 6y ago
    From the sun itself, potentially it might be doable
  • cgriswald 6y ago
    From the sun: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_engine https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_engine
    • misnome 6y ago
      The sun is _really_ _really_ heavy. From that article the best case scenario is a billionth the acceleration you are looking for. And you can’t take a billion stars because then you have more mass... Edit: the interesting part of discussing the 1g is probably less a realistic proposal and more how about how the concept of acceleration quickly runs up against our mental constructs of what acceleration and distance means. I don’t know the source, but it’s probably an enlightening to discuss what it means in the context of relativity.
      • kzrdude 6y ago
        Ok, it would be exciting to move the whole solar system to a nicer place in the galaxy. But how many years are we not going to use to evaluate the ethics and technical risks of the experiment? :)