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The faster you go, the shorter you have to travel due to length contraction. So travelling really far distances is still possible, for example, by constant acceleration [1]. It's just that everyone you left behind will have been dead for billions of years by the time you arrive.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_travel_under_constant_ac...

parent porphyra 3 years ago

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