Update: Still bummed about the 11-million-year commute to the planet Kepler B we discussed last month? Be sure to read BoingBoing’s article on the (im)practicality and cost of interstellar travel. While Kepler 22b might be a boring 11-million-year flight away, the nearest star, Alpha Centauri would only be a brisk 70,000 years or so.
Posted by on Saturday, January 7, 2012 - 1 comment
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Dana Becker - January 12, 2012 7:51 AM
Thanks for the article - I hope we can reach Alpha Centauri one day. However I don't think that it will happen within our livetime...