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Re:Two potentially life-friendly planets found orbiting a ne... by ascar on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @11:00AM (#20213824)
Do we actually have navigation technology to travel at 8% c without crashing into deadly space debris?

Or more general: Space travel isn't just about speed.

Re:Two potentially life-friendly planets found orbiting a ne... by api on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @07:43PM (#20219577)
Space is called space for a reason. Even in real life asteroid rich orbits the odds of hitting something are very low. Pulp sci-fi asteroid fields like the ones depicted in Star Wars are just not a thing. Outside the inner solar system the odds of hitting anything are so low the risk doesn't really rank in comparison with things like major equipment failure in transit.