Observable Universe contains 10x more galaxies than previously thought (2016)

Re:Observable Universe contains 10x more galaxies than previ... by ageofwant on Thursday January 04, 2018 @08:28AM (#16070164)

We already have that technology, more or less... A orion type drive is can be built using 1960's technology, the rest is just engineering, not new physics. A orion type drive can take you as close to c as you can afford. At 0.9999999c you can travel to A.Centauri in 1/2 day. Granted getting to 0.9999999 and back again is gonna take a fair pile of h-bombs.

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Re:Observable Universe contains 10x more galaxies than previ... by sudhirj on Thursday January 04, 2018 @08:58AM (#16070319)

Just to be clear, that would be 1/2 day for the people on the spacecraft. For the people you leave behind on earth you'd still be gone 4 years each way.

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Re:Observable Universe contains 10x more galaxies than previ... by rhombocombus on Thursday January 04, 2018 @11:11AM (#16071435)

And you still have to slow down from 0.9999999c

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