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Old 09-12-2019, 06:26 AM   #5
Joseph Paul
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Default Re: Realistic STL Interstellar Missions

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Originally Posted by AlexanderHowl View Post
Our velocity has not increased dramatically over the previous 25 years, much less than the proceeding 25 years, due to diminishing returns on investment (11 km/s for Apollo 10 versus 16.2 km/s for New Horizons). Of course, the Parker Solar probe will go much faster than anything else we have created, but it will be cheating, it is just using a particular aspect of its extreme orbit to travel its velocity.
Using the immediate now to counter concerns based on TL progression above TL 9 or 10 over a period of 270 to 1010 years (your numbers) is really kind of lacking in any sort of relevance.
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