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In reply to the discussion: Is interstellar travel possible? [View all]getting old in mke
(813 posts)33. Doesn't mitigate the other challenges
But 1G acceleration gets close to light speed in about a year.
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I don't - I think humans will conquer death from aging. Then a slow ship is possible without requiri
MillennialDem
Dec 2015
#19
How would 0.4c make it easy to hop from star system to star system? That's still 10 years to alpha
MillennialDem
Dec 2015
#22
I believe it is, but I think humans conquering death from aging is a much easier nut to crack than
MillennialDem
Dec 2015
#20
Thanks for the calculation. I was guessing that it would have taken longer than that. nt
ladjf
Jan 2016
#34
Greg Meholic Advanced Space Propulsion Concepts for Interstellar Travel
Ichingcarpenter
Jan 2016
#40