VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|Matt Westwood|DATE|1379070027|CONTENT|What a disappointment. Barely outside of the orbit of Pluto. That&#039;s about as profound and exciting as proudly announcing that you&#039;ve got outside London because you&#039;re no longer in the congestion charging zone.

The Solar System, as has been established, stretches out beyond the Oort Cloud, and ultimately the &quot;sphere of influence&quot; of the Sun can be thought of as stretching to 2 light years, which is about the limit of where we can capture comets from. Beyond that and (assuming you&#039;ve gone in the right direction) you&#039;re in Alpha Centauri&#039;s metaphorical back garden.

Sorry but I won&#039;t be impressed by our travelling capabilities until something we have built has *genuinely* gone outside the sphere of influence of Old Sol. That of course is not likely to happen during the my expected lifetime.

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