Ok then - how about a Radio Transmission. I would assume we are doing this. What would we send?
We gotta do something! Greg S. ---------------------------------------- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] '100 percent' chance for life on newly > foundplanet? > Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 15:37:43 -0500 > > To The List Travel Club: > > A 0.008c probe could be built tomorrow (got cash?). It > would take about 2600 years to reach the Gliese 581 > system and maneuver through it and we could hope > the instrument packages would have survived. > > Here's the real argument against primitive interstellar > probes: the "velocity" of technological advancement is > greater than the speed of primitive probes. In 200 years, > the 2600-year probe would be overtaken by a 800-year > probe. In another century, they would both be passed > by the "next-generation" system of propulsion, and so > forth. And by the time any of these probes could get there, > we might be able to go ourselves in a reasonable time > (by the ship's clocks). > > On the other hand, we might be able to make a 100-year > probe by the end of the century. For now, we need to > concentrate on survey and data collection technologies. > > For probe technology, I refer you to the 1973-78 study > by the British Interplanetary Society -- Project Daedalus. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Daedalus > The project is currently being designed as Project Icarus: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Icarus_%28Interstellar_Probe_Design_Study%29 > > See also the 1987-88 study by NASA and the Air Force, > Project Longshot (good name)" > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Longshot > > > Sterling K. Webb > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Dunklee" > To: ; > Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 11:58 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
