Would you be willing to leave Earth on a one-way trip to our nearest star system? In a Live Science poll, we asked our readers whether they would board a spacecraft that takes 400 years to reach Alpha Centauri. The poll was in response to a hypothetical spacecraft called Chrysalis, which won first place in a contest to design a …
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For beings of our size and lifespans, space is pretty big. So big, in fact, that to make it to our nearest star system you would need to factor in the fairly sizeable downside that you will die of old age before you get there. Humanity has focused on making our spaceships more speedy, as well as the possibility of …
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It’s been a space-heavy week for science news, with a team of engineers winning a design competition for a spaceship that could carry 2,400 passengers on a one-way trip to Alpha Centauri. The craft’s designers say it could be built in as little as 25 years. The downside? The journey will take roughly 400 years, and the first generations of …
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