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Quasars Have Now Been Detected at Redshifts So Large That

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Quasars have now been detected at redshifts so large that, if translated to "recession velocities," indicate motion away from the Milky Way Galaxy of


A) about 90% the speed of light.
B) speeds as large as 3 * 103 km/s, or 1% the speed of light.
C) about 1/10 the speed of light.
D) speeds greater than the speed of light, indicating that the interpretation of redshifts in terms of velocity is faulty.

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