Maine farmer Posted November 7, 2017 Report Posted November 7, 2017 (edited) Suppose, for example, you were to send a probe to Sirius, how would you aim the probe? If you aim for where it is now, it isn't even in the location we see it in now, and it won't be there by the time the probe gets there, and do we know enough about the path of Sirius through space to send a probe on the correct trajectory? Or would we need to program the probe to correct it's trajectory as it travels? Edited November 7, 2017 by Farming guy Buffy 1 Quote
Buffy Posted November 7, 2017 Report Posted November 7, 2017 Nah. Even now we know how it moves relative to us, and since we know how far away it is (it's close enough for parallax to be pretty accurate), we can correct for the speed of light. By the time we're even close to getting there, we'll have plenty of data about where to aim for where it will be by the time we can cross that distance at a known average speed. I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use and by some other means to give us knowledge which we can attain by them, :phones:Buffy Quote
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