To: SunkenCiv
Thirty million light years away. So if we sent a robot-manned explorer vessel (built to last for eons) at one tenth the speed of light, it would take 300 million light years to get to one of those galaxies, and then another 30 million light years to report back.
That sounds feasible. When does the Mission Planning start?
7 posted on
05/09/2015 7:22:17 AM PDT by
samtheman
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To: samtheman
“one tenth the speed of light” = 18,600 miles per second.
9 posted on
05/09/2015 7:31:14 AM PDT by
ETL
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To: samtheman
Thirty million light years away. So if we sent a robot-manned explorer vessel (built to last for eons) at one tenth the speed of light, it would take 300 million light years to get to one of those galaxies, and then another 30 million light years to report back. 300 million light-years * 0.1 speed of light = 30 million years (one way)
Light years are a measure of distance (Ie: the distance that light travels in one year) they are not a measure of time.
Regards,
GtG
11 posted on
05/09/2015 7:52:18 AM PDT by
Gandalf_The_Gray
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To: samtheman; ETL
By the time the first Earth probe sent toward a different star system arrives there, Earth colonist will have been living there for centuries.
16 posted on
05/09/2015 3:23:53 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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