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True but doesn’t matter how slow light is. The closest to c your speed is, the shortest the time you experience on board of the space ship. At light speed, space and time cease to exist. You reach destination instantly.

So the goal is to create engines that can take us close to light speed. Then the issue is braking (spacetime expands as you slow down…)




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