3 ms·
> Presumably sending a probe would not be feasible in any foreseeable timeframe? With global resources we can do it easily but the people in charge of our coun
by Grimburger 3y ago
> Presumably sending a probe would not be feasible in any foreseeable timeframe?
With global resources we can do it easily but the people in charge of our countries wouldn't have a job if they didn't invent fake boogeymen to waste cash on instead.
We have plenty of starshot proposals that are incredibly cheap compared to other things: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakthrough_Starshot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakthrough_Starshot
- CalRobert 3y ago..... How do you propose getting a probe to something 120 light years away and getting an answer within a human lifetime, unless you're going for a ride on the probe? Do you have some new physics?
- Grimburger 3y agoThe Centauri system is 4 light years away, my link shows a proposal of how to do that with a flyby, it's most certainly not the only starshot proposal just the one with a prominent billionaire like Mark Zuckerberg behind it so I thought perhaps the best to put out there for people to see as an intro to the concept. These are very real ideas with very real engineering designs by incredibly smart people. It's not sci-fi mate, we can actually do this with enough wherewithal.
- CalRobert 3y agoRight.... but 4 light years is one thirtieth as much as 120. Unless you find a way around relativity I don't see how anyone alive now would get results from a mission to something 120 light years away, regardless of its velocity. Unless we vastly increase human life span, which might be the easier option.