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by NoMoreNicksLeft 1017 days ago
Orion drives can get up to some respectable fraction of the speed of light. Just need a billion or so 1-kiloton nukes. No biggy. No worries about sneaking up on them and startling them either.
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floxy 1017 days ago
"Roundtrip Interstellar Travel Using Laser-Pushed Lightsails"

https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.10...

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NoMoreNicksLeft 1017 days ago
Ok, but let's bring along some nukes anyway, just for giggles.
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