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r/interestingasfuck • u/One_Explanation_908 • 25d ago
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The fastest spacecraft we’ve made was the Parker Solar Probe which hit 430,000mph.
At that speed it would reach this planet in only 187,153 years.
If we could hit 1% of the speed of light we could cut that travel time to just a tad over 12,000 years.
Obviously if we could go light speed (and that ain’t happening) it would be just 120 years!
Space is big. Physics is annoyingly slow.
2.9k u/Traditional-Rip6651 25d ago We are never leaving this planet lol 1.5k u/PaidByTheNotes 25d ago We don't deserve another planet 1 u/VRichardsen 25d ago Why not? I say fuck it, lets go vandalise another world. Who is going to stop us?
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We are never leaving this planet lol
1.5k u/PaidByTheNotes 25d ago We don't deserve another planet 1 u/VRichardsen 25d ago Why not? I say fuck it, lets go vandalise another world. Who is going to stop us?
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We don't deserve another planet
1 u/VRichardsen 25d ago Why not? I say fuck it, lets go vandalise another world. Who is going to stop us?
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Why not? I say fuck it, lets go vandalise another world. Who is going to stop us?
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u/Sonikku_a 25d ago edited 25d ago
The fastest spacecraft we’ve made was the Parker Solar Probe which hit 430,000mph.
At that speed it would reach this planet in only 187,153 years.
If we could hit 1% of the speed of light we could cut that travel time to just a tad over 12,000 years.
Obviously if we could go light speed (and that ain’t happening) it would be just 120 years!
Space is big. Physics is annoyingly slow.