Archive for December, 2009
Let’s go fishing

Sometime around 2021 a small metal cylinder will burn its way through the icy surface of Europa, one of the many moons of Jupiter. It will have left our planet at obscene speeds (anywhere up to 55,000 km/h) as part of a small family of drones sent to explore the Jovian system. The travel time [...]


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Why the (intangible) speed of light is a (hard) limit, and what it means for long distance travel.