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To: MtnClimber
2 posted on
01/01/2025 12:23:56 PM PST by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
The (unreached) destination of the Robinson family, Major West, and Dr. Smith in the 1960's TV series, Lost in Space.
6 posted on
01/01/2025 12:44:34 PM PST by
fidelis
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To: MtnClimber
At Apollo/Saturn V speeds it would take about 115,000 years to get there. Pick up a few gravity assists along the way (AKA “slingshotting”) and you could cut that to 80,000 years.
Except that once you got there you’d need a gazillion tons more fuel to slow down because brakes don’t work in space.
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