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> There's abundant precedent of accelerating to high speeds in space But there's zero precedent for slowing down once you get somewhere (in 10,000 years)
by shmageggy 3y ago
> There's abundant precedent of accelerating to high speeds in space
But there's zero precedent for slowing down once you get somewhere (in 10,000 years)
- irrational 3y agoWhy would they slow down? Fly by and beam back the results.
- z3phyr 3y agoHow much power is needed to beam back the results from that distance? I ask because I suppose the probes are going to be very small.
- sidlls 3y agoAt 0.25c the probes would blast through the centauri system in minutes. Hardly enough time to collect data more useful than what we already can sitting here practically stationary, even if absurdly far away.