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(Jon sez:) 
It's time for Ask Doctor Science! The Voyager probes, sent from Earth past
Jupiter in the late Seventies, took about two Earth years to get there -
even though they didn't stop, and stopping adds significant time to any
space trip. A ship carrying people, which would require much more energy to
accelerate than does a small probe, would take even longer; even the
immensely overdesigned nuclear bomb-powered Orion Planetary would
have required a three-year round trip. The standard interplanetary fleet of
2148 must use much better thrust technology than did Voyager if it only
takes five weeks to get to Jupiter.
Post Script: Mike sent in his guess as to the next locale to be
visited after I had written my "Jon sez" column last week. Mike, who
provided no last name, is a mysterious person with only one name like
Madonna or Prince or Batman.
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(Mark sez:) 
I realize that I have been using that same starfield background for forty-three pages now. I promise to get a new one as soon as I can.
Additional note: A Miracle of Science is the #6 search result on Google for "flying motorcycle". Woohoo! |
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