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Old 09-12-2019, 02:15 PM   #18
Anthony
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Berkeley, CA
Default Re: Realistic STL Interstellar Missions

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Originally Posted by Joseph Paul View Post
It is not just FTL - being able to safely do .5c beats the people that left 200 years ago doing .05c. Those early adopters are actually betting that technology stops and no one will jump their claim. Given our track record on advancing sciences (Look at aerospace - barely off the ground to in orbit in less than 100 years) that is not a great bet.
If you pick a random 200 year period in the last 6,000 years (dawn of civilization), you win in 29 out of 30 of them.
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