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How long will it be before we reach alpha centauri, i was on a thread on Fark.com yesterday about going to Mars and it interstellar travel came up. I figured you guys (and girls) would prob have a better idea on what ideas are out there right now. this was my post:
do you know how impossibly difficult it would be to send a prob to alpha centauri? The experimental engine in our deep space probe headed for 1992 kd goes 2.38*10^6 kmph (67,000 mph) alpha centauri is 3.8*10^16 m away, with these figures it would take us about 43,475 years to get there. NOt to mention the 4 years of lag time for sending and receiving data to said probe once it gets there. Oh and that ion engine i spoke of, runs off solar power. In deep space solar power is not a good idea. MMMMMkkkayyyy
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Some of the other people on the board were saying that with nano probes, and ion engines we could reach speeds of .9 c, is this really feasible.
do you know how impossibly difficult it would be to send a prob to alpha centauri? The experimental engine in our deep space probe headed for 1992 kd goes 2.38*10^6 kmph (67,000 mph) alpha centauri is 3.8*10^16 m away, with these figures it would take us about 43,475 years to get there. NOt to mention the 4 years of lag time for sending and receiving data to said probe once it gets there. Oh and that ion engine i spoke of, runs off solar power. In deep space solar power is not a good idea. MMMMMkkkayyyy
/blhack
Some of the other people on the board were saying that with nano probes, and ion engines we could reach speeds of .9 c, is this really feasible.