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To: Alas Babylon!
Yes. Traveling to another star system, by our currently known laws of physics and technology is impossible.
26 posted on 09/03/2018 12:38:50 PM PDT by jmacusa (Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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To: jmacusa

Well, at least in one lifetime.

I remember when we launched Voyager.

I was a teenager. In fact, I was such a dumb kid I thought the naked woman on the gold record was hot!

That was 41 years ago. And Voyager is barely past the heliosphere of Sol. Not even close to light year. It’s about 120 AUs from the sun; a light year is over 6000 AUs.

The nearest star system. Alpha Centauri, is FOUR light years away. IF Voyager was aimed at it, how many of our lifetimes would pass before it got there?

Someday, we might be better at space travel, but as you said “We’re not there yet.”


35 posted on 09/03/2018 3:52:41 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Vote GOP this November. Take two friends to vote with you!)
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