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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
My understanding is that whilst that would be true it's also the case that we cannot reach the speed of light and thus at the very min
The whole point is the faster you go, the slower time goes. When you hit the speed of light (which is impossible) time stops completely.
Of course I'm talking from the perspective of somebody on that ship, rather than a bystander watching it from Earth. From the latter point of view, it'd be like that Interstellar movie.
More importantly though, with enough money and current technology you could probably get in your lifetime but you certainly won't be coming back.
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So the 470 light years is time relative to us and not the speed of light? If we could travel at within a hair's width of the speed of light then time, relative to those doing the travelling, would be a fraction of the time?