Fwd: [New post] Reaching For the Star. Part 1: First Steps

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From: AmericaSpace <donotreply@wordpress.com>
Date: December 14, 2012 8:05:46 AM GMT-06:00
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Subject: [New post] Reaching For the Star. Part 1: First Steps

David Darling posted: "[caption id="attachment_28554" align="aligncenter" width="500"] The trajectories of the twin Voyagers and Pioneers shown together with the more direct route to the edge of the solar system which would be followed by a purpose-built interstellar probe. Ima" New post on AmericaSpace Reaching For the Star. Part 1: First Steps by David Darling Will we ever be able to send spacecraft to the stars in a reasonable amount of time? The big problem – and it's huge – is distance. The nearest star system to the Sun, Alpha Centauri, lies about 4.3 light-years (40 trillion kilometers) away, or roughly 10,000 times the distance of Pluto. At its present [...] Read more of this post David Darling | December 14, 2012 at 9:04 am | Tags: Alpha Centauri, Astronaut, David Darling, Earth, Exploration, Explore, Helios 2 Probe, Human Space Flight, International Space Station, interstellar, Interstellar Space, Interstellar Travel, ISS, Johnson Space Center, JSC, Kennedy Space Center, KSC, Lunar, Mars, Moon, NASA, New Horizons, Pioneer 10, Pioneer 11, Pluto, rocket, Shuttle, Solar System, Space, space exploration, Sun, The Worlds of David Darling, Voyager, Voyager 1, Voyager 2, Voyager Spacecraft | Categories: astronaut, Earth, Exploration, Human Space Flight, International Space Station, ISS, Johnson Space Center, JSC, Kennedy Space Center, KSC, Launch, Mars, Moon, NASA, New Horizons, Orion, Propulsion, Science, Space, Space Exploration, Tech, Technology | URL: http://wp.me/p1YCNG-7qx Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://www.americaspace.org/?p=28553