Surveying For Habitable Interstellar Star Systems (Narration Only)
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
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Astronomy Is Easier With a Smaller Ship
colony ships might launch flyby probes themselves, able to benefit from the ship's existing cruising velocity. And hey would probably have to slow down more slowly than an unmanned probe would. A big ark ship might be limited to a deceleration of zero point zero, five g, to avoid problems for the acologies in a spin gravity environment. That means they need five years to come to a halt. Whereas a manned probe can handle a one g born need not decelerate till it's three months out. And an unmanned probe able to handle a 100 g born could do it in a day,. All using the same fuel, in theory, anyway. If it is a fleet,
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