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					Originally Posted by Moonliner
					
				 
				Not necessarily.  You are assuming a universe that is essentially coasting.  That does not seem to be the case.  As I posted above the "universe" has been shown to be accelerating. 
			
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 Nope.  I am assuming a universe that is not accelerating as quickly as it once did.  From what I've read, over the next several billion years, the acceleration will continue to slow to a point where it is not accelarating any longer, and gravity will take over, leading to the "big crunch".