The Universe is Lame

[ckissick]

Originally Posted by frogger

I'm confident that a number of us PPOT posters can spare the 44,721 years it takes to make that trip.

OK, lets just go to another star system in our own galaxy, say 1000 light years away, at 0.999 light speed.

1000/0.999=1001 years earth time

I^2 = 1001^2-1000^2

= 2001^2

= 44 years

A very young astronaut could go to a very distant planet and come back to report his findings as a very old man.

Alpha Centauri is less than 5 light years away, so near-space travel is starting to look doable. Then again, try getting a massive space ship going that fast. Not a trivial task.

[frogger]

Hey, as long as we can get internet access and can surf PPOT, it's no big deal.