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A comment on Earth-like planet spotted orbiting Sun’s closest star. Parent comment
"A probe based on nuclear pulse propulsion could do it in around 50 years, with today's technology."
I was always under the impression that these vast distances were basically entire unreachable in several human lifetimes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Daedalus
"A probe based on nuclear pulse propulsion could do it in around 50 years, with today's technology."
I was always under the impression that these vast distances were basically entire unreachable in several human lifetimes.