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To: AntiKev

I think it would take 50,000 years.


13 posted on 03/07/2008 6:52:19 PM PST by LdSentinal
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To: LdSentinal

Nope...you can do it in under 50 years. If you accelerate at 0.1g the whole trip (half would be acceleration, half deceleration) the trip takes about 10 years, at 5 years for signal reception and you’ve got a minimum of 15 years. Lower accelerations give you longer trip times. I have a chart in a book somewhere.


14 posted on 03/07/2008 6:56:58 PM PST by AntiKev (Von nichts kommt nichts.)
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