To: cripplecreek
Our propulsion capabilities are getting better all the time. True, but until we can find better brakes, that type of propulsion would only help in never-stop, one way trips.
So... you could go OUTRUN our space probe, but grabbing it and coming back.... ? Have you ever tried a hard left turn at light speed ?
16 posted on
09/08/2012 2:16:03 PM PDT by
UCANSEE2
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To: UCANSEE2
True, but until we can find better brakes, that type of propulsion would only help in never-stop, one way trips.
This is true. The Project Deadelus proposals were all for flybys of Alpha Centauri or Barnard's star due to the speed which was expected to be around 12% the speed of light.
Something like 50 years getting there with a few months taking readings and launching probes as the main craft passed through.
18 posted on
09/08/2012 2:24:16 PM PDT by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: UCANSEE2
Could a human survive aboard a spacecraft moving near light speed? Wouldn't the G-forces of acceleration be crushing?
19 posted on
09/08/2012 2:24:38 PM PDT by
stillonaroll
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