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Re:Power in the Age of the Feudal Internet by pjmorris on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @10:56AM (#12166060)
One of my big takeaways from read a US history [0] was that conflicts were often solved by the dissenters moving somewhere else and settling that new empty space. Which is one reason why I think space exploration is important; there's plenty of room for multiple viewpoints out there.

[0] 'A History of the American People', Paul Johnson

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Re:Power in the Age of the Feudal Internet by gglitch on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @12:46PM (#12166931)
It's fascinating to imagine it being possible and affordable for a specified minimum number of people to launch a sustainable ecosystem into space and never be seen/heard from again.
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Re:Power in the Age of the Feudal Internet by mason240 on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @01:35PM (#12167323)
It's one of the plots on The Expanse, a reality grounded SciFi set about 500 years from now.

A large Mormon colony ship is being constructed for a one way, multi-generational trip outside the solar system.

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