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amitym t1_j1cjs9j wrote

16LY one way trip. At a mean 0.2c that'd be 80 + 16 years for a mission to get there and for its report to return to Earth. Call it an even century, from mission launch until we have true planetary survey results.

By my very rough estimate, that implies a vessel capable of continuous acceleration around 0.2g. Okay! Let's get going.

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