[meteorite-list] '100 percent' chance for life on newly foundplanet?

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:17:25 -0400
Message-ID: <lgopa65pr4uh2jcvvlibfkod0k9m1nk1su_at_4ax.com>

On Wed, 6 Oct 2010 15:37:43 -0500, you wrote:

>On the other hand, we might be able to make a 100-year
>probe by the end of the century.

Just playing around with that time-frame. To get a probe there in 100-years
(with a probe that accelerates to the mid-point, flips over, then decelerates to
the destination) at a constant acceleration would require the acceleration to be
.00825 Gs. Maximum speed would be around .39 c. To make the trip in 200 years
would require .002 Gs and a maximum of .02 c.

(Using this calculator and a distance of 10.5 ly)

http://mysite.verizon.net/res148h4j/javascript/script_starship.html
Received on Wed 06 Oct 2010 05:17:25 PM PDT