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To: al baby
Sorry but even at many times the speed of light it still would take millions of years to go anywhere we are stuck on on this rock get use to it

All depends upon how many times faster than the speed of light you travel. Multiply it by 5, 10, 20, 100 times, and you've now got the ability to reach across the Milky Way galaxy with ease.

It may look like a fanciful concept from the vantage point of our current level of technological prowess (and understanding), but give it another century and it won't seem far fetched at all.

Your great grandchildren may well drive to Alpha Centauri one day.

93 posted on 01/14/2016 10:23:15 AM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Windflier

I doubt it i had mumps as a child


94 posted on 01/14/2016 10:42:44 AM PST by al baby (Hi Mom yes I know)
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To: Windflier
even at many times the speed of light it still would take millions of years to go anywhere

The nearest star system is only about 4.3 light-years away. Meaning that at the speed of light (186,000 miles/second) it would take 4.3 years to get there.

One light-year, the distance light travels in one year, works out to about 5.9 *trillion* (with a T)(1,000 x a billion) miles.

And so: 5.9 x 4.3 = 25.4 trillion miles (Alpha Centauri)

Alpha Centauri was the place the Lost In Space crew meant to go.

105 posted on 01/15/2016 5:00:11 AM PST by ETL (Ted Cruz 2016!! -- For a better, safer America)
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