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To: didjuneau who wrote (756706)	2/5/2022 2:50:13 PM
From: Stock Puppy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793911

Oh yes, we can "shrink space" and go to stars comfortably, absolutely no funky physics required - only very well established physics involved in matter of fact. However, some really really funky engineering and logistics is required - which may require funky physics to solve. That is the limiting factor. Right off the bat there are at least 4 severe problems; the least of which is given below. Plus there is a penalty (see numbers below) which quite likely even funky "warp drive" will not solve. Now for your homework (ha ha - I'm so evil): How in this universe can such a thing be? What is the funky engineering required that possibly makes this impractical? What are the three severe problems? ----- Without slowing down at the destination, examples of travel time measured in ship's time: Alpha Centauri in 3.5 years. (4.3 light years) Sirius in 4.6 years. (8.6 light years) Arcturus in 7 years. (35.8 light years) Andromeda vicinity in 28 years. (2,000,000 light years away) ----- Without slowing down at the destination, examples of travel time measured in Earth's time: Alpha Centauri in 5.9 years. Sirius in 10.4 years. Arcturus in 37.7 years. Andromeda vicinity in 2,000,002 years.