Question: 11. How will you get there? The fastest spacecraft made so far (the Helios spacecraft) traveled at 250,000 km/h (150,000 mph). At this speed, the

 11. How will you get there? The fastest spacecraft made so

11. How will you get there? The fastest spacecraft made so far (the Helios spacecraft) traveled at 250,000 km/h (150,000 mph). At this speed, the Sun is about 600 hours (25 days) away. Kepler-62 is 37.5 billion hours (4.3 million years) away. Trappist-1 is 1.5 billion hours (170,000 years) away. Obviously, we need a faster spacecraft. Suppose that we invent a way to travel at 0.999 times the speed of light. Ar that speed (0.999 light-years per year), how long will it take (according to an observer on Earth) for you to travel to the stellar planetary system Kepler-62? (Hint: Kepler-62 is 990 light-years from Earth. You would divide that distance by 1 light-year per year if we could travel at light speed.) 12. How long would it take to travel to Trappist-1, traveling at 0.999 light-years per year

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