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golfguru Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-24-10 08:47 PM
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19. You are free to dream on
Edited on Tue Aug-24-10 09:32 PM by golfguru
I have nothing against you fantasizing.

But if you have studied elementary physics at college level,
it would be abundantly clear what a light yea means. To travel
ONE light year miles will require 14,000 human generations. That
is more generations than when man left Africa. So travel is out.

As for communications, it will take 127 years to receive a message
from this "advanced" civilization. By the time we figure out what
they are saying and construct a reply, your great-great-grand son
will have to look for a reply from the advanced civilization.

I know...it is boring to be a realist.
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