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That's simply not practically possible. It's just going too fast. We would either have to build a really stupendously big rocket, or develop propulsion that is
by Tuna-Fish 6y ago
That's simply not practically possible. It's just going too fast. We would either have to build a really stupendously big rocket, or develop propulsion that is dramatically more efficient than anything ever done before.
- jcims 6y agoThat's the point. If we received some kind of undeniable evidence that it was alien technology we would have three parallel 'Contact' level operations underway to go get it. As a mystery object we might finally get someone to develop a mission based on a science objective once some of the technology has been sufficiently developed.
- garmaine 6y agoOr launch a cubesat on top of a Falcon Heavy with a Vulcan Centaur kick stage and a Jupiter gravity assist.