Posted on 01/20/2015 12:05:17 PM PST by Red Badger
Or a certain congress critter who wants to see where the astronauts landed.
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.
Just send an FTL probe.
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.......................
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.