Will Humanity Reach Another Star In Your Lifetime?
Fun Fact; if Breakthrough Starshot is successful, it will take over 4 years for the signal to arrive back on Earth and let us know!
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Have you any idea how much acceleration is required to reach 0.2C in 10 mins and how much force would be applied to the sail material to achieve that?
We’ve never left low Earth orbit. So no.
In my lifetime ? No.
When I retired a couple of years back I had the house done out. Both the guys who did the windows and the guys who did the central heating said ” There you go , that will see you out.”
I’m 61 and you gave me a ten-year warranty. What do you know that I don’t ?
Only if we are invited will it happen in our lifetimes.