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Re:Speculoos-2c: A new potentially habitable earth by legohead on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @01:08PM (#32753291)
At 1g constant acceleration, including deceleration, it's only 9 years. A flyby is only 5 years [1]

[1] https://www.omnicalculator.com/physics/space-travel

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Re:Speculoos-2c: A new potentially habitable earth by fluoridation on Thursday September 08, 2022 @06:31AM (#32763650)
Where would you get the energy to accelerate constantly for nine years?
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Re:Speculoos-2c: A new potentially habitable earth by goombacloud on Thursday September 08, 2022 @04:31AM (#32762890)
That's the time passing in the vessel, not bad but still it means that such a mission would have to be completely self-sufficient and not rely on anything on/from Earth…
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