• @NewNewAccount
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    1723 days ago

    12 parsecs is about 40 light years.

    The nearest star (Proxima Centauri) is 1.3 parsecs away.

    The nearest galaxy (Andromeda) is over 700,000 parsecs away.

    The scale of the universe is incomprehensible.

    • @Cosmicomical
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      322 days ago

      Just far enough to be effectively unreachable, lol :(

      • @KISSmyOSFeddit
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        422 days ago

        With current tech we could easily get there in under 200000 years!

        • @Cosmicomical
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          321 days ago

          Hmm I like your can-do attitude, but does the current tech include food and energy to actually have someone alive on the ship when it reaches destination? I doubt it, unfortunately.

        • @Num10ck
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          221 days ago

          toss some tardigrades over there

      • @[email protected]
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        115 days ago

        I’ve been listening to a lot of Terrence Howard, and now believe we’re within a few years of FTL travel. Just need to get some NASA scientists to start listening to a B list actor.