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To: Red Badger

The fastest spacecraft we’ve had so far is NASA’s Parker Solar Probe. After it launched from Earth in 2018, it skimmed the Sun’s atmosphere and used the Sun’s gravity to reach 330,000 mph (535,000 kmh). That’s blindingly fast – yet only 0.05% of the speed of light.

It would take 66 millennia to reach 33 light years away.


22 posted on 06/17/2022 9:25:46 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Rush, we're missing your take on all of this!)
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To: Alas Babylon!

I’ll wait............................


24 posted on 06/17/2022 9:50:14 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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