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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Voyager could reach Proxima Centauri in about 75000 years at the current speed (if it was aimed at it).

The biology, sociology and physics of interstellar travel are brutal and unforgiving.