IIRC, the standard FTL rating a 'waved ship gets is 500c (plus or minus a percent), irrespective of size. According to the article Rob pointed too,
Betelgeuse is thought to be about 430 (a second link on THAT page gives a of 100 light years on that) light years away. So roughtly 10 and a half months
travel there, a week or two getting readings for the astrophysicists to buy, then another 10 and a half months to get back.
So, 2 years is close enough for government work.
Betelgeuse is thought to be about 430 (a second link on THAT page gives a of 100 light years on that) light years away. So roughtly 10 and a half months
travel there, a week or two getting readings for the astrophysicists to buy, then another 10 and a half months to get back.
So, 2 years is close enough for government work.