Re:DNA has a 521-year half-life (2012)
by takinola on Saturday February 05, 2022 @12:50PM
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Well the one we’re on has made it 4 billion years. Getting one to last 10,000 years should be a lot easier
Re:DNA has a 521-year half-life (2012)
by beaconstudios on Saturday February 05, 2022 @01:12PM
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It has only been about 5000 years since humans became sedentary and formed civilisations and we're already seriously disrupting the ecosystem. That's the timeline you'd have to look at.
Re:DNA has a 521-year half-life (2012)
by faeyanpiraat on Sunday February 06, 2022 @04:59AM
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If we get to a point where we can acquire a planet and hurl it in a specific direction with meaningful speed, then we must’ve developed enough to also keep the planet livable long enough.
Re:DNA has a 521-year half-life (2012)
by quartesixte on Sunday February 06, 2022 @05:05AM
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Well if you’re gonna do that, you might as well have it accompany a star to give it energy for that journey.
Add a gas giant or two (or 4) to protect it against incoming space debris and help stabilize orbits.
Add some neighboring rocks to also help with that + give them extra material to use once they arrive.
Implant ideas of leaving the rock and coming from a place of great power into the colony’s generational memory.
Include some infrastructure to aid them.
Re:DNA has a 521-year half-life (2012)
by faeyanpiraat on Monday February 07, 2022 @03:29AM
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This scenario looks oddly familiar.
Re:DNA has a 521-year half-life (2012)
by smrtinsert on Saturday February 05, 2022 @01:44PM
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Less than a flash in the physical history of this world. Crazy!
Re:DNA has a 521-year half-life (2012)
by deegles on Saturday February 05, 2022 @08:51PM
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> sustainable for human habitation
Even the worst outcomes predicted by climate change models leave some inhabitable regions right? Definitely not sustainable for current population levels though...
Re:DNA has a 521-year half-life (2012)
by whoisthemachine on Saturday February 05, 2022 @08:16PM
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At least on a barren rock, we don't have to worry about disrupting existing natural systems and throwing them into chaos? Starting from scratch as it were, presuming we are responsible enough to maintain it...
A planet. You're describing a planet. And we're doing a pretty terrible job keeping this planet we're traveling on sustainable for human habitation.