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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Reverend: [QB] Given the time it takes to travel between earth and A-Cent at even half the speed of light, (8.79 years) I think it would probably take several centuries to establish any sort of generational presence in that system, to say nothing of the relitivistic effects of traveling at that speed. Just for starter we know that the earliest sucessful trip to A-Cent can be no earlier than 2037 since that is the launch date of the Charybdis the third (or 2nd?) failed attempt at leaving our own system. Not enought time to travel there, come back, (17.58 year round trip) return with settlers, (another 8.79 yrs) raise children and travel back to earth in time for WWIII. Assuming that the Jacob, the very next ship to go out after the Charybdis (remembering that the Charybdis's mission was only to get out into the heliopause, not visit Alpha Centauri) left earth around 2040 and the subsequent visits followed the pattern I just described. Then if my math is correct then cochrane makes it back to Earth in 2075 aged 8 years old. Not counting the time dialation of course. (my calculator isn't that clever) To sum it up in three words, not bloody likely. More likely that Cochrane settled on A-Cent later on with the first wave of settlers from Earth using his Warp Drive and from there went off into deep space. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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