[Julian's starting to think that the science that you're working with compared to what he knows is not at all the same.
For one, the universe is expanding. Faster and faster, and will continue to do so. It's a basic tenet of the understanding of the galaxy that all the species have arrived at independently.
But hey. He's not here to argue astrophysics. Except now you got him on a subject and he rarely lets go of those...]
The observable universe is 46 billion light years in all directions, and expanding. Our fastest engines are capable of traveling at 3,053 times the speed of light. It would take over a century of completely uninterrupted, maximum speed travel to reach the edge of the galaxy.
Of course, that's hypothetical--no ship can travel at its maximum speed for that long.
It's probably not going to happen. What's the point of exploring if you don't take your time about it?
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For one, the universe is expanding. Faster and faster, and will continue to do so. It's a basic tenet of the understanding of the galaxy that all the species have arrived at independently.
But hey. He's not here to argue astrophysics. Except now you got him on a subject and he rarely lets go of those...]
The observable universe is 46 billion light years in all directions, and expanding. Our fastest engines are capable of traveling at 3,053 times the speed of light. It would take over a century of completely uninterrupted, maximum speed travel to reach the edge of the galaxy.
Of course, that's hypothetical--no ship can travel at its maximum speed for that long.
It's probably not going to happen. What's the point of exploring if you don't take your time about it?