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Old 02-20-11, 10:13 PM   #5
Castout
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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike View Post



Studies in the 1960s-1970s calculated than an Orion drive spacecraft could reach speeds of 5-10% of c. That makes a flight to Alpha Centaruri a trip of ~30-40 years.

Think I'm making this stuff up? NASA really considered such a mission!
Well even if we reach 100% light speed many galaxies are million of light years away we better hurry because the space is expanding and distancing themselves

I'm sure pre-historic men too once wonder if he could go to the sun to take a look. Now we can wonder the same too but still unable to do so
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