Complex life may only exist because of millions of years of groundwork by fungi

Re:Complex life may only exist because of millions of years ... by elliotec on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @07:46PM (#20046907)

We... most certainly DO have space travel now.

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Re:Complex life may only exist because of millions of years ... by thaumasiotes on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @08:01PM (#20047008)

Only for values of "travel" that consist entirely of beginning in a particular location, and then staying there.

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Re:Complex life may only exist because of millions of years ... by xvector on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @08:48PM (#20047291)

Still counts as space travel.

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Re:Complex life may only exist because of millions of years ... by MaupitiBlue on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @10:03PM (#20047708)

In much the same way jumping counts as air travel.

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Re:Complex life may only exist because of millions of years ... by infectoid on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @11:40PM (#20048169)

I thought being in a plane in the air counted as air travel and being in a spacecraft in space counted as a space travel?

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Re:Complex life may only exist because of millions of years ... by munchbunny on Thursday May 30, 2019 @12:36AM (#20048433)

While we are capable of (human) space travel, it's currently only really for science. On the other hand, people travel by air all the time for practical reasons.

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Re:Complex life may only exist because of millions of years ... by adrianN on Thursday May 30, 2019 @02:07AM (#20048795)

It's been a long time since humans were far enough from Earth that their spacecraft didn't experience significant atmospheric drag.

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Re:Complex life may only exist because of millions of years ... by elliotec on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @11:36PM (#20048145)

I don't get it... is this one of those "The moon landing was fake" things or are you like not aware that we've traveled to the moon?

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Re:Complex life may only exist because of millions of years ... by thaumasiotes on Thursday May 30, 2019 @01:21AM (#20048625)

For any meaningful sense of "space travel", the moon and the earth are not in different locations.

Nor are we able to stay on the moon, though that is a weaker point.

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Re:Complex life may only exist because of millions of years ... by sm64 on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @10:35PM (#20047863)

Depends on whether you consider the ISS to be a destination in space.

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