Unless you have an Epstein Drive. (No pun intended, it’s really called that. I’m sure the authors weren’t aware of future implications.) Anyhow, when some hard SciFi fans asked them how fast the Epstein drive is, they answered “really, really fast”.
Not really. It’s still a fusion drive with ridiculously low fuel use, so functions in real space. That means it can’t go faster than light speed. With 1G acceleration and a flip and burn, the max speed is 0.95 light speed.
You know, I think they actually said that. The Expanse is one of the few near-future solar-system-only SciFi I really like. I should have gone with Iain M Banks I guess.
My point: it’s fiction. It can be as fast as you need it to be.
It takes less time to walk completely around the earth than to fly at light speed to the nearest star.
Unless you have an Epstein Drive. (No pun intended, it’s really called that. I’m sure the authors weren’t aware of future implications.) Anyhow, when some hard SciFi fans asked them how fast the Epstein drive is, they answered “really, really fast”.
Not really. It’s still a fusion drive with ridiculously low fuel use, so functions in real space. That means it can’t go faster than light speed. With 1G acceleration and a flip and burn, the max speed is 0.95 light speed.
You know, I think they actually said that. The Expanse is one of the few near-future solar-system-only SciFi I really like. I should have gone with Iain M Banks I guess.
My point: it’s fiction. It can be as fast as you need it to be.
(*) if you can walk on water and do 30km per day on average over the course of 4 years.
That’s about 6 hours per day. Using a rowboat is actually faster, from what I can see from the attempts.
If we’re just assuming distance not terrain.
I think most people can manage that speed. (Most as in not disabled)
Manage? Probably yes. Be motivated to keep walking for that long? Doubt it :D