From: madlove@arkham.dc   
      
   On 07/29/2015 11:01 PM, Your Name wrote:   
   >   
   >  From today's New Zealand Herald newspaper (30 July, 2015) ...   
   >   
   >      Solar propulsion drive a gateway to the stars   
   >      ---------------------------------------------   
   >      Interplanetary travel could be a step closer after   
   >      scientists confirmed that an electromagnetic propulsion   
   >      drive, which is fast enough to get to the Moon in four   
   >      hours, actually works.   
   >   
   >      The drive is capable of producing thrust several   
   >      thousand times greater than a standard photon rocket   
   >      and could get to Mars within 70 days or Pluto within   
   >      18 months. A trip to Alpha Centauri, which would take   
   >      tens of thousands of years right now, could be achieved   
   >      in just 100 years.   
      
   What are they going to do when they get there?   
      
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