How long would it take the shuttle to get to alpha centauri?

Subject: How long would it take the shuttle to get to alpha centauri?

Date: Mon May 16 11:12:20 2005
Posted by James
Grade level: 10-12 School: Enosburg Falls Middle-High School
City: Enosburg Falls State/Province: VT Country: USA
Area of science: Astronomy
ID: 1116259940.As

Message:


I'm teaching a unit on environmental stewardship.  Students sometimes offer 
extraterrestial colonization as a solution to the environmental degradation of Earth.  I 
want to show them that that is not a viable solution given the current state of space travel 
technology.

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