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Re: starship-design: The Way ahead & Bugs

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Subject: Re: starship-design: The Way ahead & Bugs
From: Gene Marlin <rmarlin@network-one.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 10:05:52 -0500
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Reply-To: Gene Marlin <rmarlin@network-one.com>
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> > IF WE DO MAKE THE SHIP RETURN CAPABLE,
> > I DON'T THINK WE'D SEE IT AGAIN!!!
> >

I also agree. Interstellar travel is very taxing on resources, and I don't think
it is reasonable to send a two-way expedition. There is acceleration and
deceleration, and then another acceleration and deceleration. If you are sending
people to another star, why just scout and then return them at over twice the
cost and complexity, when you can just send colonists on a one-way mission?

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