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I've changed my mind

ljk — 7/8/2005 12:33:52 PM (archived)

When we send out an interstellar probe, it is going straight to Alpha Centauri. The heck with checking for hydrogen dust just beyond Pluto.

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NASA Innovative Interstellar Explorer (IIE) - ljk - 7/6/2005 5:19:19 PM
- Why not do something useful? - phil - 7/7/2005 2:50:18 PM
- I'd like to see a series of interstellar precursor missions, - Lee - 7/7/2005 2:49:12 AM
- 200 AU = "Interstellar"? - dtb - 7/7/2005 2:35:20 AM
  - Small move, Ellie, small moves - ljk - 7/7/2005 1:09:29 PM
    - 136,000 AU is half-way to Alpha Centauri - SDF - 7/8/2005 11:45:03 AM
      - I've changed my mind - ljk - 7/8/2005 12:33:52 PM
        
        At 7.8 AU per year, it would take 32,000 years to get there - SDF - 7/8/2005 1:27:54 PM
        
        A very recent paper on IIE - and what would it take to make a probe survive to Alpha Centauri? - LJK - 7/10/2005 4:28:54 PM
        
        Slowing Down Time on Starships - SDF - 7/11/2005 12:56:01 PM
- Is that better than the browser I'm using now? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/7/2005 12:00:44 AM

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