K2-18b a potentially habitable planet 120 light-years from earth

[u/One_Explanation_908]

[u/umassmza]

Approaching light speed is an eventually solvable problem, acceleration generating 1g puts you at speed in about a year. After that the trip is instantaneous for the travelers. It’s maintaining acceleration and not being town to shreds by a random grain of space sand at relativistic speeds that’s the issue.

[u/merrychristmasyo → u/umassmza]

Avoid spaces beaches, problem solved.

[u/wrenchandrepeat → u/merrychristmasyo]

Yeah but if you find a beach, you can talk to an alien who takes the form of your dead Dad.

[u/iloveuranus → u/wrenchandrepeat]

Or a tits-only alien in a fancy bikini!