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Re:A Visionary Project Aims for Alpha Centauri, a Star 4.37 ... by skykooler on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @02:42PM (#11482335)
10 light-seconds is a massive underestimate. If we assume a constant acceleration from zero to 0.2c over two years, the average speed is 0.1c. Therefore by the end of two years it will be 0.1 lightyears away. Deviations will have to be anticipated over a month in advance!
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Re:A Visionary Project Aims for Alpha Centauri, a Star 4.37 ... by ChrisClark on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @03:05PM (#11482546)
Not 2 years, they want to fully accelerate to 0.2c in 2 minutes!
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Re:A Visionary Project Aims for Alpha Centauri, a Star 4.37 ... by skykooler on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @11:20PM (#11485462)
o.O I misread that, that's incredible!
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