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Varek Raith5/04/2011 8:39:06 am PDT

Space is stupidly big.

How long it would take to get to the closest star to Earth.

Slowest: Ion drive propulsion, 81,000 years

Fastest: Gravitational assists, 19,000 years

Fastest (theoretical): Nuclear Pulse Propulsion, 85 years