I Am Fascinated By The Universe

This morning I was able to ask a question on local radio and have it answered by Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, AM (Member of the Order of Australia), Science Communicator, The Julius Sumner Miller Fellow.
I put to him the question, "Will humans every be able to travel outside our Solar System considering the enormous distances and our current speed of travel.
His short answer was YES.
Not with our current technology but when we can develop Nuclear Fusion Rockets that will enable speeds of up to 3000 km/second or 10 Million kmh.
Something to look forward to.

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Northwest · M

Not within our lifetime, and the solution will not involve "faster" spaceships, unless it's a one-way ticket, as eventually, travel at that speed, will have to deal with time delation. So, when they reach their destination, a few years later, where they left is now thousands of years (or more) behind them.

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