New Project Plans To Send A Spacecraft To Alpha Centauri In 20 Years
 

http://www.iflscience.com/space/step...tauri-20-years

This is what we need, some pioneers that takes the first step to show other that it is or can be possible

Markus

This wont effect me in any way!:yep:

I've been playing too much Elite: Dangerous - my first thought was 'Alpha Centauri? That won't take long...' :o

Probably won't affect me either, but if I am around when they launch it I'll spend ever single one of my remaining days asking "Are we there yet?"

Can't believe I still have that game in the closet along with the tech charts and strategy manual. I wonder if I could get it to run on Win 7?

When (ha) we finally move, and I find out which box I put my copy in, I'll try and let you know. :03::yep:

You can buy it for $5,99 from GoG.com, their version should work fine on newer systems.
https://www.gog.com/game/sid_meiers_alpha_centauri

They said it'll only be a very small spaceship, so who's going to steer it?


http://i.imgur.com/x0Eh64F.jpg "Start the car..."

:hmmm: ... Hope???

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Newton

The Robinson family or robot on the new, Jupiter 2. :yep:

To infinity and beyond.

I think a simple calculation will show that if you could get the craft to Alpha Centauri you would never be able to learn that it arrived. You'll never generate the power for a receivable signal from a small circuit board. If you could generate 1 watt that would be amazing. However our most dense storage devices, Lithium based batteries are good for 3 years before they quickly degrade to uselessness. If you build a craft so small you would only have enough space for about a 300mAh battery. At a 10C discharge, that's 3 amps for 6 minutes then kaput. And that's if it would retain 100% of its capacity, which it wouldn't.

I may be optimistic. The camera might take up the space that I figured for the battery. I bet this thing would have a 30% chance of detection from the moon.

You still in your old house?

That's about the only good thing about moving, you find a lot of stuff you forgot you ever had...