From: Jim Jordan <jbjordan@gnt.net>
Subject: Re: (whorl) revised relativistic travel times
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 10:12:21 

At 12:25 PM 6/15/2000 -0700, you wrote:>
>The star of the Blue/Green system is thus around 864 light years away from
>Urth.  Not quite a "light chilliad," but rather close.
>
>=mantis=

Fun discussion. Hmmm. The conversations in IGJ hint that at least 1000
years have passed since the asteroid left Urth system. Is "light chiliad"
from somewhere in the narratives, or just your phrase? My guess would be
that a millennium is the least time it could be; perhaps quite a bit longer.

Pat. Nut.


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