True. I thought I knew the answer, but it caught me by surprise as well.
Interstellar travel may take a while.
Quite surprised as I recall.
A little Halloween cafe music...
https://www.youtube.com/live/eVJ5MHLyUyM?si=OOR46TKIRTOnP9ce
*don't make a joke about Uranus don't make a joke about Uranus don't make a joke about Uranus...
I had an astronomy teacher at my first college in Massachusetts give an excellent demonstration on astronomical size.
He used a volleyball to represent the sun, then placed pebbles at increasing intervals to represent the planets and their orbits.
As I recall, Pluto was a tiny rock that was placed a 1/4 mile away.
He then asked the class where the nearest star would be in relation to the "Sun".
Most (not me, I said D.C.) guessed a few miles.
The answer: Reno.
We have Kansas as an example of how well tax cuts and trickle down worked:
Coworkers: I wouldn't want to live in Europe. Have you ever seen what their taxes are like?
Me: Have you ever seen what they do with their taxes?
They should have a bouncy castle inside first class. That way, turbulence would be fun.
Pumkin Spice Brussell Sprouts?
https://spoonuniversity.com/school/jhu/these-pumpkin-spice-brussels-sprouts-arent-just-for-fall/
Happy-go-lucky Heretic