March 27th, 2004, 07:21 PM
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Re: Newtonian ships or not?.
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Originally posted by Roanon:
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Originally posted by JurijD:
you could colonize the entire galaxy in a couple 100-thousand years...
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100 to 1,000 years? 100,000 years? Oh well, what are a few powers of ten among friends... 
Actually there's not much difference in this case. If is his basic assumtion is correct, that a new colony could send a new colony ship in 100 years, and additionally we assume that it takes an average of 100 years for the each colony ship to reach it's new home, we could colonize the entire galaxy in less then 4000 years.
That's about the length of recorded human history. But even if he meant it would take 100,000 years, considering the age of the galaxy we should be seeing someone out there. So either we are alone, or they don't want us to know they are there, or it's a lot harder then we think to get around out there.
Geoschmo
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