Re:Earth-like planet spotted orbiting Sun’s closest star
by Cthulhu_ on Friday February 11, 2022 @09:36AM
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At the moment I have more faith that our AI overlords - or, future self-replicating robots, insert various levels of intelligence and self-reliance here - will be the ones going interstellar, not so much us unless we revolutionize spaceflight. That said, the picture of the future that The Expanse investigates seems to be the most realistic, just minus the somewhat magic propulsion system.
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Re:Earth-like planet spotted orbiting Sun’s closest star
by rbanffy on Friday February 11, 2022 @11:23AM
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Not a huge problem if, after the robots terraform the planet and build our settlements, I can opt to be printed into a new organic body.
We'll still need some form of magical propulsion or, worse, some magical power source. There aren't many things that can keep providing energy for thousands of years. I'm pretty sure fission is a non-starter here and even nuclear fusion designs would need a source of tritium because, after a couple thousand years, there won't be much left of the initial fuel.