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== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Remembering</span> == * '''Interstellar Travel''' β "Travel" "Between" "Star Systems" (e.g. 'From the Sun to Proxima Centauri'). * '''Proxima Centauri''' β The "Nearest Star" (4.2 light-years away). At "Voyager 1" speeds, it would "Take" **70,000 Years** to reach. * '''Relativity''' β (See Article 122). Einsteinβs "Theory" that "Time Slows Down" (Time Dilation) for a "Traveler" "Approaching" the "Speed of Light" (c). * '''Ion Thruster''' β A "Propulsion System" that "Accelerates" "Ions" to "Create" "Thrust": "Low Power" but "Very Efficient" over "Long Durations." * '''Solar Sail''' β (Light Sail). A "Propulsion Method" "Using" "Radiation Pressure" from "Light" (Stars or Lasers) to "Push" a "Reflective Sail." * '''Breakthrough Starshot''' β A "$100 Million" "Project" to "Launch" "Micro-craft" to "Alpha Centauri" at **20% the Speed of Light** using "Lasers." * '''Generation Ship''' β A "Massive" "Interstellar Craft" where the "Original Crew" "Lives, Reproduces, and Dies," and their "Descendants" "Arrive" at the "Destination." * '''Warp Drive''' β (Alcubierre Drive). A "Hypothetical" "Propulsion System" that "Warps" "Spacetime" "Around" a "Ship" to "Travel" "Faster than Light" (FTL) "Without" "Breaking" "Local Physics." * '''Antimatter Propulsion''' β The "Most Powerful" "Hypothetical" "Fuel": "Using" the "Total Annihilation" of "Matter and Antimatter" to "Release" "Immense Energy." * '''Stasis / Cryogenics''' β (See Article 681). "Biological Preservation" "Technologies" to "Keep" the "Crew" "Asleep" for "Decades" of "Travel." </div> <div style="background-color: #006400; color: #FFFFFF; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin-bottom: 15px;">
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