Chip C. Woltz
Jul 7, 2021

Thank you for this lovely article. Very well written, and absolutely correct. But I would add that explorers from other worlds will not arrive next week, or anytime prior to Earth being incinerated as the Sun becomes a red giant. It is all about time and distance.

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