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There are huge swaths of interstellar dust (mostly hydrogen) which can be used to slow the probe down. If not, then we can use a galaxy's resources to slow us
by AlexanderTheGr8 4y ago
There are huge swaths of interstellar dust (mostly hydrogen) which can be used to slow the probe down.
If not, then we can use a galaxy's resources to slow us down. Basically a complex version of planetary-slingshot.
My argument is, given a century, we are likely to be able to find some way to decelerate. Consider our accomplishments in the last century (airflight, spaceflight, computers, nuclear, internet)