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Posted October 20, 2016
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PetrusOctavianus: Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin "For the Shire!"
Legolas for the Elves
Gimil for the Dwarves
Boromir and Aragorn for Men.
And then there's Gandalf, their leader. A Maia (demi-god) but in the body of a mortal man. But in the context Gandalf was considered a Wizard, I think. Is that what you're thinking of?
Correct. Now you gotta post something.
Posted October 20, 2016
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DaCostaBR: Correct. Now you gotta post something.
I knew there was a downside to it...

Even with a spaceship capable of traveling close to the speed of light it would take at least 30,000 years for an astronaut to reach the other side of our galaxy.
Posted October 20, 2016
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Goodaltgamer: um, actually, the brontosaurus does exist? (If I understand you correctly)
Even if it did (the jury's still out on that one), it's still classified as another type of Apatosaurus.
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PetrusOctavianus: Even with a spaceship capable of traveling close to the speed of light it would take at least 30,000 years for an astronaut to reach the other side of our galaxy.
Um, actually, it should take way longer than that. The other side of our galaxy is at least 300,000 light years away (or was it 100,000? I forget, but either way, it'd take longer than 30,000 years).
Post edited October 20, 2016 by zeogold
Posted October 20, 2016
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zeogold: Um, actually, it should take way longer than that. The other side of our galaxy is at least 300,000 light years away (or was it 100,000? I forget, but either way, it'd take longer than 30,000 years).
Um, actually, it wouldn't. 30.000 years would pass on earth before the spaceship completed the journey, but the time that would pass for the astronaut would be less. How less? Depends on the speed. Closer to speed of light, less time for the astronaut.
Posted October 20, 2016
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zeogold: Um, actually, it should take way longer than that. The other side of our galaxy is at least 300,000 light years away (or was it 100,000? I forget, but either way, it'd take longer than 30,000 years).
Monty Python wouldn't have lied to us, would they?
Posted October 21, 2016
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zeogold: Um, actually, it should take way longer than that. The other side of our galaxy is at least 300,000 light years away (or was it 100,000? I forget, but either way, it'd take longer than 30,000 years).
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JMich: Um, actually, it wouldn't. 30.000 years would pass on earth before the spaceship completed the journey, but the time that would pass for the astronaut would be less. How less? Depends on the speed. Closer to speed of light, less time for the astronaut.
Correct.
Length contraction and time dilation at relativistic speeds.
Post edited October 21, 2016 by PetrusOctavianus
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