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Re:Two potentially life-friendly planets found orbiting a ne... by marcosdumay on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @11:09AM (#20213929)
If I remember it correctly, the fast project would make 4 light years in ~150 years. So that would be 450 years (probably less, because it's on constant acceleration).
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Re:Two potentially life-friendly planets found orbiting a ne... by dragonwriter on Thursday June 20, 2019 @02:07AM (#20230342)
> If I remember it correctly, the fast project would make 4 light years in ~150 years.

133, but that's getting there as a missile (one-way acceleration, no turnover and decel to relative rest.)

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