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To: Red Badger

150 LY away? We have no HOPE of ever getting there to verify. At least it’s conceivable that we might someday send a probe to Proxima Centauri. It’d take centuries to get there, but at least it’s possible. 150 LY away? No.


22 posted on 01/20/2015 3:40:56 PM PST by backwoods-engineer (Blog: www.BackwoodsEngineer.com)
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To: backwoods-engineer

Just send an FTL probe.


23 posted on 01/20/2015 3:46:38 PM PST by Begin
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To: backwoods-engineer

The only difference is distance. A probe would get there, but maybe a millenium or two later. Transmitting the info back to Earth would take another 150 years, assuming there were any people here that would remember to listen for it..................................Assuming , of course it didn’t hit anything on the way.......................


24 posted on 01/21/2015 6:12:42 AM PST by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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