RE: Reaching for the stars, finally - will the young ones among us get pics of Alpha C.?
April 13, 2016 at 6:25 am
(This post was last modified: April 13, 2016 at 6:28 am by Alex K.)
(April 13, 2016 at 6:19 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: The article says it'll be 600k miles away after minutes. That's a large acceleration.
Yes, if you constantly accelerate with 1 g, you reach 1 million kilometers distance at the 240 minute (four hour) mark because distance goes quadratic with time. But by that time you will go 140 km / second. That's twice as fast as the fastest probe ever, but still a factor 2000 away from light speed. That's why to get to 1 percent light speed, I got 80 hours rather than four.
I don't understand the two minutes. That must be with a very light probe or a very big laser, or I have a mistake in my calculation
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
