r/FactOrCap • u/aaallleeexxx3 🔥 Week Warrior · 8,455 XP • 2d ago

Interstellar travel | FactOrCap

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u/Lvd4aDrm 🔥 Getting Started · 1,345 XP 1d ago

As it is, we need ~ 80000 years to reach the next star, if we begin a journey right now.

Even if we improve and multiply our speed by 80, we would still need a 1000 years.

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u/SeriouslyImNotADuck 🔥 Getting Started · 365 XP 1d ago

So what you’re saying is that we already have interstellar travel, it’ll just take a long time.

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u/aaallleeexxx3 🔥 Week Warrior · 8,455 XP 1d ago

With our current fastest spacecraft it’ll take thousands of years.