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Re: Happy New Year

Steve writes:
>KellySt@aol.com writes:
> > We could work on a Alpha Centuri flight.  Thats closer to our capacity.
>
>Alpha Centauri is 4.3 lyr away.  Tau Ceti is 10 lyr away.  This
>is barely any difference as far as interstellar travel goes.  If
>you can get to Alpha Centauri effectively, you can get to Tau
>Ceti with no more than about twice the travel time.

It depends, if you can just reach AC with a fusion engine in 15 years, then
a round trip to TC would take at least 60 years. Not many would survive that
trip simply because of age.

Timothy