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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by batbomb on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @01:23PM (#13707755)
I think the magic speed is actually 10% the speed of light.
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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by jwilk on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @01:58PM (#13708148)
What's magic about it?
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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by batbomb on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @02:38PM (#13708499)
It's fast enough to get us places in a reasonable amount of time (40-200 years), but reasonably attainable technologically.
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