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RE: Quest to reach Alpha Centauri starts with launch of world's smallest spacecraft

in #space7 years ago

That kind of technology is pretty neat. I think that would be amazing to be able to get something out to the nearest star in only 20 years. But would it even be able to talk back to earth at that distance? Or would it take 20 years for a single message to even get back here?

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There is a challenge to receive the transmission. But it will go back 4 years. 20 years is travel time with 20% of light speed