travling to our nearest star (18)
online today!online today!pedro27Bray, Dublin Ireland5,970 Threads 223 Polls 33,240 Posts30 years for a probe travling 20% of the speed of light to reach and take photos which can be sent back to earth
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pedro27: 30 years for a probe travling 20% of the speed of light to reach and take photos which can be sent back to earth
I don't think so, they would be all your Irsh immigrants there anyway
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tomcatwarne: I don't think so, they would be all your Irsh immigrants there anyway
the british empire think they own the stars
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pedro27: the british empire think they own the stars
hi pedro. we dont think we do.........we know we do......
up your pipe matey...... 
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truheart1941: hi pedro. we dont think we do.........we know we do...... up your pipe matey......
you can have them they are only 300,000 billion miles away
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pedro27: you can have them they are only 300,000 billion miles away
huh.....so what, my free bus pass has unlimited miles.
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truheart1941: huh.....so what, my free bus pass has unlimited miles.
is your bus a space ship...
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pedro27: is your bus a space ship...
..YES..they run a shuttle service here...... ------ This thread is Archived ------
truheart1941: ..YES..they run a shuttle service here......
....you remind me off neil armstrong.....
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truheart1941: ..YES..they run a shuttle service here......
Tru maybe I can join?::roll:
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lindsyjones: Tru maybe I can join?::roll:
I was hoping you were going to ask......
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the nearest star or just to the moon, see Ralph Cramden; POW! To the moon!
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seems like a plan.
they should do it
they should do it
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pedro27: 30 years for a probe travling 20% of the speed of light to reach and take photos which can be sent back to earth
Unfortunately, with todays technology, we are ever so far away from achieving 20% light speed! Light speed is approximately 670 MILLION mph! So far,...the fastest we have achieved is a little under fifty thousand mph! Hopefully, ionic propulsion theories will reduce this factor...but I fear I will never see interstellar travel in my lifetime. With my remaining years, I shall enjoy the advances in telescopic technology!
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WeaselDog: Unfortunately, with todays technology, we are ever so far away from achieving 20% light speed! Light speed is approximately 670 MILLION mph! So far,...the fastest we have achieved is a little under fifty thousand mph! Hopefully, ionic propulsion theories will reduce this factor...but I fear I will never see interstellar travel in my lifetime. With my remaining years, I shall enjoy the advances in telescopic technology!
To add to that, If the decision was ever made to travel to a star, it certainly would not be Alpha Centauri. Our nearest stellar neighbor happens to be a binary which doesn't favor any life forms. There are other problems involving orbits with a binary system which are problematical.
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pedro27: 30 years for a probe travling 20% of the speed of light to reach and take photos which can be sent back to earth
I am always so fascinated by Astronomy. The Milky Way appears as a flat spiraling disc with a glowing raised "center". Our solar system would appear as little more than a speck in just one of those spiraling "arms". To even get to the end of the arm we're in would take over 30,000 years, and only at the speed of light, for that matter. In more condensed application, it has taken about 40 years for a probe to get to the "end" of our small galaxy (just past Pluto). The fastest a manned rocket has ever reached the moon is in about 3 days, and this was to go about 191,000 miles. (About 2700 mph)------ This thread is Archived ------
ooby_dooby: To add to that, If the decision was ever made to travel to a star, it certainly would not be Alpha Centauri. Our nearest stellar neighbor happens to be a binary which doesn't favor any life forms. There are other problems involving orbits with a binary system which are problematical.
Alpha Proximus....indeed...and to even hear talk of the orbital problems of binary systems....can you fix small engines? My lawnmower (totally incapable of interstellar travel) is beginning to piss me off!
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Ain't going to be allowed to happen. Earthlings do not meet that star systems Visa requirements.
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