[Spaceships] Getting A Few Thousand Extra MPS

scc · 07-11-2022, 05:25 AM

So I'm playing around with something and I need/want to send manned missions to the star nearest Sol with more or less hard science TL9-10 ships. The crew will be gene-engineered with the ability to hibernate, but still.

Yes, I know, a tall order. I can get to about 4% light speed, the the journey is just over 100 years, but I want to know if options other then just more fuel tanks would work, something like laser sails (Lasers hitting a solar sail) or maybe a similar idea involving Mag-Sails, maybe particle beams?

Anyone got any suggestions/guidelines/rules?

07-11-2022, 05:25 AM	#1
scc Join Date: Mar 2013	[Spaceships] Getting A Few Thousand Extra MPS So I'm playing around with something and I need/want to send manned missions to the star nearest Sol with more or less hard science TL9-10 ships. The crew will be gene-engineered with the ability to hibernate, but still. Yes, I know, a tall order. I can get to about 4% light speed, the the journey is just over 100 years, but I want to know if options other then just more fuel tanks would work, something like laser sails (Lasers hitting a solar sail) or maybe a similar idea involving Mag-Sails, maybe particle beams? Anyone got any suggestions/guidelines/rules?

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