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To: koan who wrote (116613)	2/23/2016 10:29:27 PM
From: RJA_	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217906

For those who are interested: Science Fiction --> Science Fact Well, here is something interesting that might one day get us off this rock... Here is something working now in the lab that accelerates objects to one quarter the speed of light, that depending on mass can get a small object to Mars in 1 day, or a large shuttle size object to Mars in 1 month. This is photonic propulsion, done with photonic arrays from earth (or earth orbit) to a light sail on the object to be moved. The estimation is an object can be sent to Alpha Centauri in 17 years (depending on mass). This video is marked with a NASA advanced studies logo. Its real. livestream.com The subject of FedEx overnight to Mars does come up in the video. They guarantee delivery, but not the condition of that which is delivered. Probably referring to the stopping problem. You would need an array at the destination to decelerate the payload... how to construct it? With chemical rockets to Mars and elsewhere in the solar system. But on Alpha Centauri, would probably take a fleet of generational ships... but then the travel time becomes shorter. Of course, for a fly by, to check it out, no need to stop.