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To: BenLurkin

10% of the speed of light is going to require a massive amount of energy to achieve. Also consider the navigation system you would need to have, going some 18,600 miles per second means that one would need a very long amount of time to avoid an object that is on a collision course as the inertia of an object moving that fast would require huge sums of energy to change direction. Lets also not forgot that it would also take a very long time to slow down to achieve orbit around the star.


8 posted on 12/19/2017 9:22:37 PM PST by LukeL
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To: LukeL
10% of the speed of light is going to require a massive amount of energy to achieve.

Maybe use an adjustable "solar sail" set to a broad reach?

18 posted on 12/20/2017 4:47:50 AM PST by Does so (McAuliffe's Charlottesville...and...The Walter Duranty Press"...)
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