To: SamAdams76
The trick for us will be finding a way to get to them. Our current methods of space travel will simply not be adequate.
Yeah. New Horizons is hauling butt for a Pluto flyby in 2015 at around 9 miles per second. Its currently about 3 hours and 10 light minutes out.
VASIMIR looks interesting as propulsion goes but it still falls far short of what's needed for any kind of interstellar flight. Still, cutting a trip to mars down to a few days would be a huge jump.
15 posted on
12/20/2011 6:43:31 PM PST by
cripplecreek
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To: cripplecreek
Yeah. New Horizons is hauling butt for a Pluto flyby in 2015 at around 9 miles per second. Its currently about 3 hours and 10 light minutes out. Lets see, 190 light minutes times 60 equals 11,400 light seconds, times 186,000 equals............... I don't even want to do that math.
33 posted on
12/20/2011 7:23:35 PM PST by
Graybeard58
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