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To: PIF

Yep. 21 years to get to Centauri. Still too slow.


10 posted on 09/09/2018 3:32:23 PM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: Seruzawa

It’s going to be a small payload, but probably enough to bring cameras and antennas.

Pics will be coming back at the speed of light, may be the plan.


14 posted on 09/09/2018 3:37:21 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Seruzawa
We'll send a muzzie kid with an instamatic.

BTW, nomb, but time to update that last line of your profile. :^)

19 posted on 09/09/2018 3:45:53 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: Seruzawa

Giving the Centauris 17 years advance warning. At least, if any of them have read their Niven and Pournelle.


30 posted on 09/09/2018 3:59:10 PM PDT by JohnBovenmyer (Waiting for the tweets to hatch!)
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To: Seruzawa

Yep. 21 years to get to Centauri. Still too slow.


worse, there is deceleration time to be figured in either by reverse burn or orbital braking.


31 posted on 09/09/2018 4:01:05 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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