Re:The Fantasy of Opting Out
by coldtea on Friday February 19, 2021 @08:46AM
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>Why is faster than light travel necessary? Plenty of space in our own solar system.
Between one unhabitable planet and another, plus some gas giants, etc., where's that plenty of space? Unless we also handwaving terraforming into the equation too (as we'll do with carrying any significant number of people via spaceships as opposed to small scientific missions, the 9+ months travel time, space radiation, lack of resources to eat/drink/breath there, etc).
Between one unhabitable planet and another, plus some gas giants, etc., where's that plenty of space? Unless we also handwaving terraforming into the equation too (as we'll do with carrying any significant number of people via spaceships as opposed to small scientific missions, the 9+ months travel time, space radiation, lack of resources to eat/drink/breath there, etc).