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Actually with time dilation the people on the spacecraft could reach several close stars in decades - if we construct fast enough spacecrafts (just needs to be
by sktrdie 11y ago
Actually with time dilation the people on the spacecraft could reach several close stars in decades - if we construct fast enough spacecrafts (just needs to be a small fraction of light of speed).
- pavel_lishin 11y agoIt would be a pretty great endeavour. We'd have to carry enough fuel to accelerate and decelerate at the end, and enough fuel to push that fuel, etc., etc. (Unless Bussard drives work.) I wonder if anyone's written that story - a relativistic vehicle is headed towards the Earth, launched by a civilization that could get it up to speed but not decelerate, trusting and hoping that our technology is advanced to slow them down on arrival...