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Tribesman 10-01-10 12:49 PM

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Yeah that's right, Puck.
Isn't that the planet bottom?

TLAM Strike 10-01-10 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake (Post 1506992)
Youll need more than one tickets thats at least 2 generations away ;)

If we ever got M/AM bombs working we could push an Orion type drive up to around 30-50% of the Speed of Light. :03: 40 years isn't so bad. :O:

Oberon 10-01-10 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Tribesman (Post 1507001)
Isn't that the planet bottom?

See, now this is what happens when I try to be clever! :damn:

Yes, that's the planet Bottom.

I wonder if there IS a planet Bottom...well...other than Uranus. :hmmm:

TLAM Strike 10-01-10 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon (Post 1507053)
I wonder if there IS a planet Bottom...well...other than Uranus. :hmmm:

The rule is: you find it you name it. :O:

Oberon 10-01-10 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike (Post 1507228)
The rule is: you find it you name it. :O:

I'm ready! :rock:

http://www.freakingnews.com/pictures...avel--4143.jpg

UnderseaLcpl 10-01-10 09:17 PM

Nobody has said it, so I guess I'll say it; this planet, if it is habitable, is twenty light-years away. With current propulsion technology, it might as well be a billion light-years away. Even if the planet was made of solid gold, there would be absolutely no reason to go there. The cost of the trip would never be recouped.

TLAM Strike 10-01-10 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl (Post 1507293)
Nobody has said it, so I guess I'll say it; this planet, if it is habitable, is twenty light-years away. With current propulsion technology, it might as well be a billion light-years away. Even if the planet was made of solid gold, there would be absolutely no reason to go there. The cost of the trip would never be recouped.

The cost of building a ship capable of getting there in 200 years would be about 6% of the US's GNP (900 Billion Dollars) which equals about 128 dollars per human on Earth, or 3,000 dollars per American which is slightly more the US spends on its military per captia.


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