19 August, 2013

Proxima Centauri is 4.3 light years way: too far to travel. Why don’t we just use Mercury (which has an 88 day year) as a staging ground, and launch from there?

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Mercury’s year is only 88 days, so if we launch a rocket from there, we only have to travel for just over 1 light year, saving time and fuel.

How does a polyamorous relationship between four people work? | BBC News

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Imagine one house, with four people, but five couples. How does it work, asks Jo Fidgen.

Charlie is talking excitedly about a first date she went on the night before.

Next to her on the sofa is her husband of six years, Tom. And on the other side of him is Sarah, who’s been in a relationship with Tom for the last five years. Sarah’s fiance, Chris, is in the kitchen making a cup of tea.

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