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Re: Proxima b

From "Michael F. Stemper" <michael.stemper@gmail.com>
Newsgroups rec.arts.sf.written, sci.physics, sci.physics.relativity, alt.astronomy
Subject Re: Proxima b
Date 2016-08-28 13:32 -0500
Organization Society for Rational Investigation
Message-ID <npvao9$k52$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References <57C0790A.3EFC@ix.netcom.com> <9ro5sbh10hlichooodt45tvomlljb4vbhs@4ax.com>

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On 2016-08-28 08:22, SteveGG wrote:
> This, the very "nearest", is still over 4 light years away !
>
> Obviously, there'll never be anything, "to and / or fro" .
>
> Communications ?
>
> "Hi !"
> < 4+ years >
> "Hi !"
> <4+ years >
> "Tell us about yourself."
> < 4+ years >
> etc, etc, etc ...

Asimov had the solution to this problem back in 1962, when he wrote
"My Son, the Physicist".

-- 
Michael F. Stemper
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Proxima b The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-08-26 10:14 -0700
  Re: Proxima b SteveGG <casagiannoni@optonline.net> - 2016-08-28 09:22 -0400
    Re: Proxima b TB <tsbrueni@dcn.davis.ca.us> - 2016-08-28 10:08 -0700
    Re: Proxima b "Michael F. Stemper" <michael.stemper@gmail.com> - 2016-08-28 13:32 -0500
      Re: Proxima b The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-08-28 12:23 -0700
      Re: Proxima b tsbrueni@gmail.com - 2016-08-28 14:58 -0700
    Re: Proxima b David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2016-08-28 23:43 -0500
    Re: Proxima b The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-08-29 10:32 -0700
      Re: Proxima b SteveGG <casagiannoni@optonline.net> - 2016-08-31 07:00 -0400
        Re: Proxima b "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-08-31 20:03 -0400

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