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The voyager 1 probe is about 21 light hours from us after 43 years even with gravitational assist. Proxima Centauri is about 4.2 light years away.
by u801e 6y ago
The voyager 1 probe is about 21 light hours from us after 43 years even with gravitational assist. Proxima Centauri is about 4.2 light years away.
- rurban 6y agoCurrent rocket tech, not stone age.
- u801e 6y agoEven the New Horizons spacecraft's speed relative to earth is less than Voyager 1, and it was launched back in 2006.
- rurban 6y agoStill plain old conventional rockets. This would need 78.000 years, impossible. Eg with a lightsail or StarChip it would need 20 years. There are also other possibilities. My neighbor is rocket technician. https://earthsky.org/space/alpha-centauri-travel-time https://earthsky.org/space/alpha-centauri-travel-time
- u801e 6y agoYou did specify current rocket tech. The technologies you're talking about have not been tested or used commercially or by any space agency as far as I'm aware.