MysteryMystery305
MysteryMystery305 OP t1_j115fa5 wrote
Reply to comment by bodden3113 in How would we get about traveling through deep space? by MysteryMystery305
Yes, but say your buddy Dave, also aboard the starship, decided not to do that. Whoops, looks like your buddy Dave died sixty-seven years ago. Oh, also, your home world was destroyed by some wizard with a bad case of asthma. Point being, a lot can change in a hundred years.
MysteryMystery305 OP t1_j1151vw wrote
Reply to comment by heavy_metal in How would we get about traveling through deep space? by MysteryMystery305
Alpha Centauri is 4 light-years away, right? And a light year is how long it takes light to travel one year. So traveling at the speed of light, it would take 4 years.
MysteryMystery305 OP t1_j10nier wrote
Reply to comment by 12edDawn in How would we get about traveling through deep space? by MysteryMystery305
So your dog walks you then?
MysteryMystery305 OP t1_j1160z3 wrote
Reply to comment by kernal42 in How would we get about traveling through deep space? by MysteryMystery305
When I say 4 years, I mean 4 years to an outside viewer. Say that you had to travel to Alpha Centauri in less than a week because a friend of yours who lives on Alpha Centauri needs lifesaving medication. Sure, for you it would be instantaneous, but your friend has been dead for over 4 years. It makes things like communication nearly impossible.