fossilesque@mander.xyz to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agoNASA Selects a Wild Plan to "Swarm" Proxima Centauri With Thousands of Tiny Probeswww.sciencealert.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkNASA Selects a Wild Plan to "Swarm" Proxima Centauri With Thousands of Tiny Probeswww.sciencealert.comfossilesque@mander.xyz to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square2fedilink
minus-squarehappybadger [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year ago As Universe Today explored in a previous post, it would take between 19,000 and 81,000 years for a spacecraft to reach Proxima Centauri using conventional propulsion (or those that are feasible using current technology) Jesus, at 4.25 light-years.
Jesus, at 4.25 light-years.