How many years will it take to get to Gliese 581 C
2007-04-25 04:02:16 · 4 answers · asked by Mary C 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Is it possible for us to create a spaceship that would go 1 million miles an hour?
2007-04-25 04:17:51 · update #1
Traveling at light speed, about 20 years.
2007-04-25 04:09:16 · answer #1 · answered by JLynes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About 20.5 years at the speed of light. At the best speed we'll probably ever reach, between 200 and 20,000 years.
2007-04-26 08:40:41 · answer #2 · answered by space dreamer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
20.5 light years. In other words it will take light (traveling @ 186,000 miles per second) 20.5 years to get to Earth or from Earth to Gliese 581c.
2007-04-25 04:28:01 · answer #3 · answered by ronald h 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Going as fast as the shuttle, 800,000 years.
2007-04-25 04:09:47 · answer #4 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋