>>>(how would we get to other stars without warp drive, eh?)
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>>Alpha Centauri is only 4.3 light-years away. We could get there using "conventional" propulsion systems. It would simply take awhile. ;-)
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>Well, assuming the velocity of the fastest man made object yet, 75K mi/hr, it would only take about 38,99 years. A solar sail would drop it down to about 3,000 yrs.
>JLK
So the question is, will something that much faster come along in the next 3000 years? It would suck to be part of a colonization effort deployed now only to be passed be the equivelant of a pinto in 1000 years.
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