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To: Las Vegas Dave

Mathematically it’s gotta happen. The only real question is how FAR out there? Could be a very very long way.


95 posted on 05/22/2014 1:08:06 PM PDT by discostu (Seriously, do we no longer do "phrasing"?!)
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To: discostu
Mathematically it’s gotta happen. The only real question is how FAR out there? Could be a very very long way.

HA! If it ain't in this solar system, it is a very, very long way.

The coolest program I have ever seen is called "celestia". It is basically a universe simulator. (Available for free download for Mac, Linux, and Windows). You can 'travel' to all the planets in the solar system at just about any speed you like. If you're really bored you can make a tour of he 9 planets while limiting yourself to 'only' the speed of light. It takes a long time getting anywhere outside of the orbit of Mars. Then start thinking about going to other stars. I actually made a journey to Bernard's star which is in the solar neighborhood (6 light years away) while travelling at 1AU/sec. That's approximately a hundred million miles a second. I'll tell you this, even if you have a scooter than can travel at 505 light-seconds per second that it will take you more than 3 days to get there.  (Seems like I might have made a mistake in my calculations. I'm thinking it takes longer than that) Try it yourself and find out!

Celestia

The Celestia Motherlode (living proof that some geeks have way too much time on their hands)

136 posted on 05/22/2014 5:00:39 PM PDT by zeugma (Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened - Dr. Seuss)
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