Accepting that interstellar travel will, at very best, take decades, some experts are now considering using suspended animation, or even carrying the DNA and other resources necessary to recreate humans on an unmanned ship."
Thursday, January 5, 2012
The 80,000-Year Voyage to Alpha Centauri: Carrying the DNA Necessary to Recreate Humans
The 80,000-Year Voyage to Alpha Centauri: Carrying the DNA Necessary to Recreate Humans: "With current propulsion technology only able to move spacecraft at 0.005% of the speed of light, a one-way trip to the star system nearest our Sun, Alpha Centauri, would take 80,000 years to travel the four light-years to our nearest stellar neighbors, says Sidney Perkowitz, Candler Professor of Physics Emeritus at Emory University, Atlanta, US, reporting from the 100 Year Starship Study (100YSS) conference.
Accepting that interstellar travel will, at very best, take decades, some experts are now considering using suspended animation, or even carrying the DNA and other resources necessary to recreate humans on an unmanned ship."
Accepting that interstellar travel will, at very best, take decades, some experts are now considering using suspended animation, or even carrying the DNA and other resources necessary to recreate humans on an unmanned ship."
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