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50 km/s is a speed I think we could reach (by clever gravitational maneuvers for example). Even then the trip would take 72000 years. Better wait another few hu
by simfoo 14y ago
50 km/s is a speed I think we could reach (by clever gravitational maneuvers for example). Even then the trip would take 72000 years. Better wait another few hundred years until we hopefully can launch a probe at a significant fraction of the speed of light.
- uvdiv 14y agoIon engines have been tested at effective exhaust velocities of 90 km/s [0], which allows delta-v's up to 500 km/s or so. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Power_Electric_Propulsion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Power_Electric_Propulsion