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To: HenpeckedCon
Yeah, if we hit the speed of light, we can go there and back in ten years if we just make an orbit and come straight home. This star gives no indication that it supports life, though.

When we hit warp speed and find dilithium crystals things may change. For now, the Star Trek premise that there are hot green chicks and dozens of advanced races that are just like us except for having odd foreheads is simply the modern version of either fairy stories or mythology. Take your pick.

73 posted on 02/16/2009 9:54:55 AM PST by Richard Kimball (We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
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To: Richard Kimball
Voyager 1 was launched in 1977. It's speed is approximately 38,000 miles an hour. It has left the solar system and is currently about 14.6 light HOURS from Earth. That's about .0017 light years. Alpha Centuri’s a LONG way away.
75 posted on 02/16/2009 10:09:59 AM PST by HenpeckedCon (1/20/13 - Obama's Last Day!)
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