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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by CoolGuySteve on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @02:17PM (#13708320)
According to this paper, you can travel around 0.5 c before the radiation caused by colliding with interstellar hydrogen kills you: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?paperID=2...

"Going slow to avoid severe H irradiation sets an upper speed limit of v ~ 0.5 c. This velocity only gives a time dilation factor of about 15%, which would not substantially assist galaxy-scale voyages. Diffuse interstellar H atoms are the ultimate cosmic space mines and represent a formidable obstacle to interstellar travel."

Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by gech on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @03:59PM (#13709094)
Couldn't you put some kind of "snowplow" on the front so it pushes the oncoming detritus away to the sides?
Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by temuze on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @04:38PM (#13709400)