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Re:First habitable exoplanet discovered? by palish on Tuesday May 17, 2011 @12:26AM (#2555278)
Fascinating.

  40 years at 0.90000c =   91.76 years
  40 years at 0.99000c =  283.55 years
  40 years at 0.99900c =  894.65 years
  40 years at 0.99990c = 2828.00 years
  40 years at 0.99999c = 8944.00 years
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Re:First habitable exoplanet discovered? by Confusion on Tuesday May 17, 2011 @12:53AM (#2555316)
With the caveat that nobody will be traveling at 0.99999c for 40 years. You'd be really really far away by then.
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Re:First habitable exoplanet discovered? by splat on Tuesday May 17, 2011 @01:21AM (#2555374)
Well, you'd still be less than 10,000 light-years away. That's still well within the galaxy.
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