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Einstein's Alcove
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<blockquote data-quote="Channel Hopper" data-source="post: 380753" data-attributes="member: 175144"><p>20 light years (one way ) - approx 11,250,000,000,000 miles.</p><p></p><p>Pluto in nine years according to the website, (2,700,000,000 miles), with one fly by of Jupiter in just over a year (500,000,000 miles) and the New Horizons craft is not going to slow down, or stop once it gets there. Its using a nuclear motor to keep going for that length of time, unlike other probes which were really unpropelled for most of the journey.</p><p></p><p>Additionally just one fraction of a decimal point in the calculation at those distances, or some unseen force enroute (gravitational/light/partical interaction) could mean an error of a few billion miles at the other end.</p><p></p><p>In my calculation the travel time would be some 460 years (25 or so human generations) at the speeds we are presently able to accomplish, and that is assuming the crew could survive the acceleration forces of the flyby. Introducing some ability to slow down, orbit, or at best land at the other end would make the journey nearer 650 years, give or take a century, or so, now up to a 40 generation one way trip.</p><p></p><p>The final crew at the other end would be using equipment akin to us travelling/communicating with stuff built in the 13th century, ox and cart, maybe a bonfire on a hill, and possibly an alpine horn. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Warp drive or similar is definitely required, which give the craft ability to slow down / manouver / return at the other end of the journey.</p><p></p><p>(but at least your Betamax would still be working);)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Channel Hopper, post: 380753, member: 175144"] 20 light years (one way ) - approx 11,250,000,000,000 miles. Pluto in nine years according to the website, (2,700,000,000 miles), with one fly by of Jupiter in just over a year (500,000,000 miles) and the New Horizons craft is not going to slow down, or stop once it gets there. Its using a nuclear motor to keep going for that length of time, unlike other probes which were really unpropelled for most of the journey. Additionally just one fraction of a decimal point in the calculation at those distances, or some unseen force enroute (gravitational/light/partical interaction) could mean an error of a few billion miles at the other end. In my calculation the travel time would be some 460 years (25 or so human generations) at the speeds we are presently able to accomplish, and that is assuming the crew could survive the acceleration forces of the flyby. Introducing some ability to slow down, orbit, or at best land at the other end would make the journey nearer 650 years, give or take a century, or so, now up to a 40 generation one way trip. The final crew at the other end would be using equipment akin to us travelling/communicating with stuff built in the 13th century, ox and cart, maybe a bonfire on a hill, and possibly an alpine horn. Warp drive or similar is definitely required, which give the craft ability to slow down / manouver / return at the other end of the journey. (but at least your Betamax would still be working);) [/QUOTE]
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