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To: Indy Pendance
Just for grins, I asked AI the following question, and this was its answer:

How long with existing technology would it take to travel 12 light-years away from earth:

Based on the search results, we can estimate the time it would take to travel 12 light-years away from Earth using existing technology.

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Voyager 1, the fastest human-made object, has a speed of 17.26 km/s. To calculate the time it would take to travel 12 light-years at this speed:

Convert light-years to kilometers: 12 light-years × 9.461 × 10^12 km/light-year ≈ 1.13 × 10^14 km

Calculate the time: time = distance / speed ≈ 1.13 × 10^14 km / 17.26 km/s ≈ 65,300 years

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The Parker Solar Probe, a spacecraft designed for solar exploration, has a top speed of approximately 192 km/s (0.045c). To calculate the time it would take to travel 12 light-years at this speed:

Convert light-years to kilometers: 12 light-years × 9.461 × 10^12 km/light-year ≈ 1.13 × 10^14 km Calculate the time: time = distance / speed ≈ 1.13 × 10^14 km / 192 km/s ≈ 5,900 years

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Another estimate based on the fastest spacecraft ever built (Solar Probe Plus) with a speed of 724,000 km/h (0.002c) would take approximately 59,627 years to travel 40 light-years (not 12, but provides an upper bound).

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A general estimate from brainly.com and other sources suggests that with current technology, it would take approximately 1,547 years to travel 1 light-year. Scaling this up to 12 light-years:

Time = 12 × 1,547 years ≈ 18,564 years

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Conclusion

Based on existing technology, the estimated time it would take to travel 12 light-years away from Earth varies between approximately 5,900 years (Parker Solar Probe-like speed) and 65,300 years (Voyager 1-like speed). A more general estimate based on current technology suggests it would take around 18,564 years to travel 12 light-years.

These calculations highlight the significant challenges and limitations of interstellar travel with our current technology.

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Unless time really slows for human life in space, it would take a lot of slowing of that process down for any human to arrive alive with our current technology.

That's why I do not believe we are being visited by aliens from other planets. p> At best it may be heavenly spirits, is my thinking. 🙂👍

Right now I would say demons more often than heavenly spirits. 🙁

9 posted on 07/24/2024 3:54:50 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong

Articles like this emphasis the greatness of God. This is not something that banged into existence. And I agree with you about the devil, “the prince of the power of this air”.


17 posted on 07/25/2024 3:44:50 AM PDT by Indy Pendance (Jesus can't get here soon enough!)
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