Rocket to spacecraft to warp drive (IMAGE)

University of Göttingen

Rocket to spacecraft to warp drive

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Image to show how long it would take different types of spacecraft to travel from our solar system to Proxima Centauri (the nearest known star). Currently, the only option would be to use a chemical rocket meaning a journey time of over 50,000 years.

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E Lentz

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