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To: TChad

So, beyond Pluto? Still a long way to anywhere else.


2 posted on 03/25/2023 6:25:51 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: gundog

Yep.


3 posted on 03/25/2023 6:27:51 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: gundog
Still a long way to anywhere else.

Yes. Quicker does not mean quick.

4 posted on 03/25/2023 6:35:58 PM PDT by TChad (Progressives are in favor of removing healthy sex organs from children. Conservatives oppose this.)
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To: gundog

And without a plan to decelerate it, it’s only good for probes.


19 posted on 03/25/2023 7:41:53 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (It's science and therefore cannot be questioned!)
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To: gundog

“So, beyond Pluto? Still a long way to anywhere else.”

Yep. Walk a couple of steps on US 50 on the west side of Nevada and ignore the rest of the distance to Utah.


21 posted on 03/25/2023 7:53:34 PM PDT by BobL
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To: gundog

Laser guided mini spaceships could reach Alpha Centauri in 20 years

https://www.space.com/laser-propelled-spaceships-solar-system-exploration

Indeed, the $100 million Breakthrough Starshot initiative, announced in 2016, plans to launch swarms of microchip-size spacecraft to Alpha Centauri, each of them sporting extraordinarily thin, incredibly reflective sails propelled by the most powerful lasers ever built. The plan has them flying at up to 20% the speed of light, reaching Alpha Centauri in about 20 years. (with cameras)


24 posted on 03/25/2023 9:44:51 PM PDT by Az Joe (Live free or die)
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