Comments by "Digital Footballer" (@digitalfootballer9032) on "The Closest Planet Outside Our Solar System Is Within Reach | Proxima Centauri" video.

  1. Keep in mind that at whatever speed we are capable of, that any manned vessel would have to accelerate and decelerate gradually or the occupants would be pulverized into mush. So at whatever top speed we can reach, you can't divide the distance by that amount, it would be more like double the amount of time. For example if you built a vessel that could traverse 4 light years distance in 100 years at top speed, it would take closer to 200 to actually travel the distance as the ship would not instantly hit top speed then stop on a dime at the destination.
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  2. ​@stephenschroeder6567 We would be capable of sending a manned ship to Mars now if we had actually put any effort into it, but unfortunately governments control space programs and governments tend to waste a lot of money on nonsense instead of anything useful. The fact that we reached the moon over 50 years ago tells me we could have done mars by now, but also we didn't have a Soviet Union to beat to it this time, which was a big motivation back then.
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  3. People also don't often realize either what it would take to even get a fast ship up to speed and slowed back down again. Even if theoretically we could travel at 50% light speed (which is way far off if even possible) it wouldn't simply just take 8 years to travel 4 light years in distance, it would take nearly double that time as even a very advanced ship would take time to reach top speed and slow back down. Not to mention even if a vessel could instantly hit speed then stop on a dime, every occupant of that ship would be torn apart by the g forces.
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  4. ​ @jayboy2kay7 Based 👍
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