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It's close enough to be useful for generational ventures, and in terms of one-way travel time, it takes much less than 700 years from the perspective of the shi
by hansvm 4y ago
It's close enough to be useful for generational ventures, and in terms of one-way travel time, it takes much less than 700 years from the perspective of the ship to traverse that distance.
- tsimionescu 4y ago> in terms of one-way travel time, it takes much less than 700 years from the perspective of the ship to traverse that distance. Only if either cruising at a large percent of the speed of light, or with constant acceleration. Neither of these is achievable with any technology we know exists, but neither is ruled out by current physics either.
- simonh 4y agoOnly if the ship is travelling at close to the speed of light, and we have no reasonable technology likely to be able to achieve that, especially for large vehicles.