Persona3Reload@lemmy.blahaj.zone to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 1 year agoRulelemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1283arrow-down118cross-posted to: lemmybewholesome@lemmy.world
arrow-up1265arrow-down1imageRulelemmy.blahaj.zonePersona3Reload@lemmy.blahaj.zone to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square15fedilinkcross-posted to: lemmybewholesome@lemmy.world
minus-squarerecklessengagement@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up34·1 year agoTheres a non-zero chance we could send a camera-equipped spacecraft to the nearest star and get the pictures back within our lifetimes https://breakthroughinitiatives.org/initiative/3 So if nothing else, I’m sticking around for that
minus-squaremaria [she/her]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoNo way, really? I thought that would take like insanely super long to even get there physically.
minus-squarerecklessengagement@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoFor a human-supporting craft, absolutely. From what I understand, these craft weigh less than a kilogram, so you can accelerate them much faster.
Theres a non-zero chance we could send a camera-equipped spacecraft to the nearest star and get the pictures back within our lifetimes
https://breakthroughinitiatives.org/initiative/3
So if nothing else, I’m sticking around for that
No way, really? I thought that would take like insanely super long to even get there physically.
For a human-supporting craft, absolutely. From what I understand, these craft weigh less than a kilogram, so you can accelerate them much faster.