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   Re: Interstellar seed ship propulsion sy   
   18 Apr 17 05:54:04   
   
   From: jasperhb01@gmail.com   
      
   Though, wouldn't it be somewhat easier and cheaper to use some kind of   
   laser-pushed lightsail? And how much would the "seed module" mass, anyhow?   
      
   > In my own sf universe, I have dealt with too high mass ratio problem by   
   setting the action in a dense star cluster, where distances between stars   
   rarely go higher than 2 lightyears. Kind off like Firefly show, huh?   
      
   IIRC, Firefly wasn't set in a star cluster. It was set in a star system that   
   had an improbably high number of stars.   
      
   > Also, what's your setting? Is it out world, Earth, or something else?   
   It's Earth and stars within ~1500 light years. Though I intend the seedship to   
   have been from a completely different species.   
      
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