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Posted on 08/25/2016 4:09:01 AM PDT by ThomasMore
Accellerate for half the time, then deaccelerate for the last half. The problem is that in interstellar space, there are atoms and molecules, and rarely a dust particle or two.
The atoms hitting the spacecraft at > 0.1c will cause gamma emissions hazardous to the crew. Hitting a dust particle would cause serious problems. At close to c, some claim that the atoms hitting the spaceship will generate enough heat to melt it. Flash Gordon never had to worry about these problems.
Recorded history now goes back to 14000 BC and ther Joman of Japan and the unknowns who built Gobeki Tepe in 12000BC.
Humm, according to what I read the planet is inferred through observed light changes of the parent star, the planet itself has not been seen - so no one can say anything definite just speculate.
All they really know is that there is an object that passes the solar disk of PC which they assume to be a planet at a certain distance. Everything else after that is just speculation.
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