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   From: efor6920@bigpond.net.au   
      
   "Fozzi"  wrote in message   
   news:MscRg.34769$rP1.10877@news-server.bigpond.net.au...   
   >   
   > "David Johnston"  wrote in message   
   > news:2d3s62hb2ohm91qn196mud3toqr89pf0nq@4ax.com...   
   >> On Fri, 19 May 2006 19:35:03 +0200, "Wouter Valentijn"   
   >>   
   >> Actually they did give the time that Enterprise would take to go from   
   >> Earth to, what was it, Neptune?  However they never established that   
   >> warp speed is a constant so that warp 5 inside the Solar System is the   
   >> same speed as warp 5 in interstellar space.   
   >   
   >   
   > mind you this is still a fairly uncertain figure, given that there are a   
   > couple of  light days distance between its orbital apogee and perogee, it   
   > isnt really a definiable quantity if we dont know the relative orbital   
   > positions of neptune and earth or at least the date (which would mean we   
   > could make a fairly accurate guestimate of those positions)   
   >   
      
      
   replying to myself in the interests of accuracy, that should of course be   
   *light hours* not *light days*   
      
   now where did i put my senility meds again    
      
      
   cheers   
   fozzi   
      
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