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Started by kopfjäger, August 24, 2016, 09:16:09 PM

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kopfjäger

August 24, 2016, 09:16:09 PM
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#1
August 25, 2016, 05:21:36 AM
Cool stuff!
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#2
August 25, 2016, 05:22:34 AM
We have viewed the nearest town from our hillbilly cabin up in the woods, lets go there and gawk at their womenfolk!
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#3
August 25, 2016, 08:11:12 AM
I am so there.  ;D
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#4
August 25, 2016, 08:19:47 AM
OK, should we ride there?
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August 25, 2016, 11:31:11 AM
I recently read there is a plan in the works to send a spacecraft to Alpha Centari in the next several years.
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August 25, 2016, 11:36:25 AM
Quote from: NAKID on August 25, 2016, 11:31:11 AM
I recently read there is a plan in the works to send a spacecraft to Alpha Centari in the next several years.
It will take a long while to even create and test the means to do it.
Essentially it would be
-launched a shit ton of tiny little probes
-then shoot at each probe with a super powerful laser for as long as possible
-the theory would be the laser will accelerate the little things to 1/5 the speed of light
then there is the problem of cosmic dust destroying them before they even get there

trying to do this in any conventional way would mean the probes would take 1,000s of years to get there.
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kopfjäger

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August 25, 2016, 11:36:36 AM
Quote from: NAKID on August 25, 2016, 11:31:11 AM
I recently read there is a plan in the works to send a spacecraft to Alpha Centari in the next several years.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2102267-interstellar-probes-will-be-eroded-on-the-way-to-alpha-centauri/
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lethe

#8
August 25, 2016, 11:42:11 AM
no matter what, some amazing stuff will be learned just in the development of these things
Bet they send back some unexpected info during their trip well before they even reach the target
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kopfjäger

#9
August 25, 2016, 12:09:17 PM
Some.....many years from now, all that we know will be blown out of the water.
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#10
August 25, 2016, 12:12:02 PM
I'll just leave this here:

https://what-if.xkcd.com/7/
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August 25, 2016, 02:18:31 PM
Quote from: Speeddog on August 25, 2016, 12:12:02 PM
I'll just leave this here:

https://what-if.xkcd.com/7/


Damn you! I can't stop clicking next!

I like the absurdity of this one...

https://what-if.xkcd.com/13/
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#12
August 25, 2016, 02:36:08 PM
The Plutonians were very unhappy when their land values plummeted after Pluto was no longer deemed to be a planet.
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lethe

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August 25, 2016, 02:53:37 PM
Quote from: NAKID on August 25, 2016, 02:18:31 PM

Damn you! I can't stop clicking next!

I like the absurdity of this one...

https://what-if.xkcd.com/13/

I own that book  8)
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#14
August 25, 2016, 04:18:11 PM
Let me know when we can get there in less than a decade.  Right now, the best estimate is about 1500 years...  for all I know, Proxima B is smushed fly on the telescope lense.
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