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NASA posted a picture this week of a shuttle hurtling through the clouds

It was skill

Can someone more proactive than me post the pic please?

This one? Not sure who took it like!

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http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1935511/giant-leap-mankind-alpha-centauri-stephen-hawking-announces-plan

 

we're off to Alpha Centauri

 

as a reminder as to just how massive everything is, it's our nearest "neighbour" in terms of star systems

 

but it's still 40 trillion km away, and would normally take 30,000 years to get there

 

but with these new nano crafts it should only take 20

 

then another 4 to beam back pictures

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Will it just be a fly by though? How does it slow down when it gets there?

As its another star system like ours and presumably massive I doubt it would need to slow down and effetively the whole thing is a fly by, or more a fly through, taking "close ups" of the star and however many of the planets orbiting around it

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As its another star system like ours and presumably massive I doubt it would need to slow down and effetively the whole thing is a fly by, or more a fly through, taking "close ups" of the star and however many of the planets orbiting around it

I still don't get it. If it's flying at 20% light speed how will it take pictures? And more importantly - how long will it take for us to get the data back?

 

Edit - just read it would take 4 years to get the data back - although it's being questioned whether it would have the capacity to send a signal which could be picked up over such a ridiculously long distance! Amazing concept though......

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Will it find us a decent striker?

By all accounts there's someone banging them in for fun in Neptune's U21s. Having 4 legs probably helps.

Booted off recently in the Neptune Moon's Premier league when  lowly Nereid played away at Triton. Those cunts always punch above their weight - which is maybe no surprise  as they weigh a lot more on Triton than they do on Nereid.

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By all accounts there's someone banging them in for fun in Neptune's U21s. Having 4 legs probably helps.

Booted off recently in the Neptune Moon's Premier league when lowly Nereid played away at Triton. Those cunts always punch above their weight - which is maybe no surprise as they weigh a lot more on Triton than they do on Nereid.

Wait till they play Sau Paulo!

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