Why not send a probe - like a time bottle - would take many 1000's of years, but it would be really cool if we did. Maybe a way to get a lot of countries to unite on a common venture - we could call the probe "The Enterprise"
Greg S. ---------------------------------------- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 11:12:08 -0600 > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] '100 percent' chance for life on newly > foundplanet? > > Although an exploration mission certainly is not going to happen anytime in > the next few decades or longer, it wouldn't require an unrealistic advance > in propulsion technology to get a small spacecraft that distance in a fairly > reasonable time- say a couple hundred years. You don't need to travel the > speed of light. > > Chris > > ***************************************** > Chris L Peterson > Cloudbait Observatory > http://www.cloudbait.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Dunklee" > To: ; > Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 10:58 AM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] '100 percent' chance for life on newly > foundplanet? > > > > Gee only 20 light years away. Since it would take an infinite amount of > > energy to accelerate a small mass to the speed of light. I guess the > > world may never know! > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
