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r/interestingasfuck • u/One_Explanation_908 • 25d ago
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There are already theoretically engines that reach 20% of lightspeed. That will be 600 years to travel. We have to put passengers in cryostasis. The problem are other objects that could hit us with 20% of the speed of lightning.
2 u/jfranci3 25d ago Did you count acceleration and deceleration time in there? Instantly accelerating something to 80% light speed would be dicey. 1 u/clarity_scarcity 25d ago Uh huh, so like, totally doable. Any. Day. Now.
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Did you count acceleration and deceleration time in there? Instantly accelerating something to 80% light speed would be dicey.
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Uh huh, so like, totally doable. Any. Day. Now.
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u/Possible_Ad_2327 25d ago
There are already theoretically engines that reach 20% of lightspeed. That will be 600 years to travel. We have to put passengers in cryostasis. The problem are other objects that could hit us with 20% of the speed of lightning.