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		ginmugen on July 24, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NASA’s Kepler Mission Discovers Bigger, Older Cous... >There are 259 stars within about 30 light years. Communication could be conceivable with such distances... Wouldn't that mean a minimum of 60 years to get a reply to any message?

markburns on July 24, 2015 [–]

Terrible latency but still possible to conceive communicating. Also 60 years would be the upper bound for those stars, unless you are suggesting crafting a reply takes a significant amount of time. Which it may. No need to rush a reply with that time lag.

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