alt Hacker News> the vast distances to other habitable planets would mean tens of thousands of years of travel even with the most efficient technology.
Spoken like someone who's never read Tau Zero
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coldtea • today at 12:43 AM
Nothing about Tau Zero refutes what the parent wrote. It reinforces it.
Plus, even Tau Zero's initial premise is a pipe dream.
antonvs • yesterday at 10:54 PM
Spoken like someone who’s never read the Relativistic Rocket: https://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/SR/Rocket/...
I really find it hard to understand how people confuse science fiction with reality. I love Tau Zero - I first read it over 40 years ago - but it’s fiction, ffs.
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Stephen Baxter's short story "Pilot" is another good one:
https://www.stephen-baxter.com/stories.html#pilot