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Asked by wizzyg12 to Claire, Kate, Matt, Rob, Sam on 21 Jun 2013.
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Kate Husband answered on 21 Jun 2013:
Even if you had a space ship that flew at the speed of light (which is impossible but still) you would only get 5 light years away or 9.5 million million km away. That’s about the distance to our nearest star (Alpha Centauri at 4.4 light years). If we we’re travelling at a more doable 62,120 kilometers per hour (that’s the speed voyager is currently doing) we would only get a measly 2.72 billion km away from Earth. That’s about the distance to Uranus.
So in answer to your question where would I go? I reckon a look around some of Saturn’s moons might be quite cool.
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Sam Geen answered on 21 Jun 2013:
Yes, I don’t think you could get to the nearest star unless it was the fastest ship possible short of using wormholes, etc. But Mars and Jupiter would be fun to visit and explore. You might get mighty lonely up there, of course! People are still trying to figure out how to send people to Mars without them going crazy on the way.
I don’t think you could get to another galaxy in five years – Andromeda (the nearest galaxy like the Milky Way) is 2.5 million light years away, in other words it would take 2.5 million years to get there even if you travelled at the speed of light (the fastest possible speed short of using crazy wormhole or warp technology, and we don’t know if those are possible or not).
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Claire Lee answered on 21 Jun 2013:
However, if you do want to go to Mars, you can sign up here: http://applicants.mars-one.com
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Robert Woolfson answered on 21 Jun 2013:
I’d probably just go to Mars and explore there. Why go a long way when there’s fun just around the corner (astronomically speaking).
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