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someguyfromtheuk t1_j2ot97o wrote

Reply to comment by angrypuppy35 in Pulling together different technologies to make interstellar colonization possible by matthewgdick

It's estimated that Earth-like planets around sun-like stars are an average of 20 light years apart. Covering that distance at 0.01c takes 2,000 years.

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angrypuppy35 t1_j2otieo wrote

Never said 1% of the speed of light and the post was about interstellar travel. Alpha Centauri is 4.3 light years away.

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