On Tuesday, 3 May 2016 08:45:13 UTC-4, Gary Harnagel wrote:
On Monday, May 2, 2016 at 11:04:59 PM UTC-6, RichA wrote:

Time it would take to get the

Current rocket technology: 365,000-400,000 years.
1957's Project Orion ship: 195-240 years.

Think about it.

However, if you could accelerate at a constant one g (as experienced by
the ship) then flip over and decelerate, you could get there in 22 years.

I'd be worried about lethal radiation from running into particles, though,
let alone stuff in the Oort clouds of our solar system and that of the
destination star :-(

There must be a better way ...

Gary

Sure, like that infeasible stupid idea of a "solar sail" where "all" they have to do is figure out how to build a laser as powerful as the one at the National Ignition Facility but instead of operating for Femtoseconds, it would have to work for YEARS steadily. 1000x easier to do Project Orion.