>>>(how would we get to other stars without warp drive, eh?) >> >>Alpha Centauri is only 4.3 light-years away. We could get there using "conventional" propulsion systems. It would simply take awhile. ;-) > >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
The fastest man-made object (spacecraft) was the NASA-German joint ventures Helios 1 and 2. They reached speeds up to 156,000 mi/hr. That may have been helped along by their proximity to the Sun; I don't know.
