On Wed, 6 Oct 2010 15:37:43 -0500, you wrote: >On the other hand, we might be able to make a 100-year >probe by the end of the century.
Just playing around with that time-frame. To get a probe there in 100-years (with a probe that accelerates to the mid-point, flips over, then decelerates to the destination) at a constant acceleration would require the acceleration to be .00825 Gs. Maximum speed would be around .39 c. To make the trip in 200 years would require .002 Gs and a maximum of .02 c. (Using this calculator and a distance of 10.5 ly) http://mysite.verizon.net/res148h4j/javascript/script_starship.html ______________________________________________ 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
