At 07:35 PM 9/20/02, Jim Sharkey wrote:
>Ronn Blankenship wrote:
>
> > At 12:26 PM 9/20/02, Jim Sharkey wrote:
> >>They use the Wave Motion Engine for the first time to get to Mars
> >>from Earth, and in a voice-over, one of the crew says something
> >>like "We've traveled hundreds of light years in under a
> >>minute!" :-)
> >
> > They took the scenic route, not the interstate.
>
>Mars via what, Vega? :-)
>
>Jim
Nope. Vega is only 26 light years away, so that round trip would only add
52 ly to the trip . . .
--Ronn! :)
I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon.
I never dreamed that I would see the last.
--Dr. Jerry Pournelle
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