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To: Paal Gulli

I think we need to develop a whole different kind of getting-from-to-there technology.
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12 posted on 01/01/2025 2:28:12 PM PST by Reynoldo (BurnLootMurder)
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To: Reynoldo
"I think we need to develop a whole different kind of getting-from-to-there technology."

Space isn't empty space and hitting even a hydrogen atom with sufficient velocity would be deadly. Physically rocketing through space faster than about 1/10th the speed of light (30,000 km/s) might be impossible because the force of the collision with a standard size grain of sand (0.00440 grams) would be equivalent to the detonation of a bit more than 1000 lbs of TNT.

Short of folding space or learning to control worm holes (or some other form of interdimensional wizardry), 30,000 km/s might be as fast as we ever get. Even that fast Proxima Centauri is still 45 years away.

14 posted on 01/01/2025 6:32:39 PM PST by Paal Gulli
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