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by globular-toast 13 days ago
The comment you replied to doesn't appear to be misunderstanding the size of the galaxy, they mention acceleration to near the speed of light so they're probably thinking 100 years to get there and another 48 to receive signals back. The missing part is the propulsion system capable of doing that.
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> The missing part is the propulsion system capable of doing that.

That is a pretty big missing part. Not as big as the galaxy, but still huge.