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Researchers suggest an ion engine could get a telescope to the Solar Gravitational Len point 81 billion kms from Earth in 13 years, and thus allow high resolution imaging of nearby exoplanets. (phys.org)
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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yep. 101% of statistics on the internet are made up, I guess.

Maybe OP mixed up the unit? And, in any case, it would take a lot more in delta-V just to get there.