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Re:ZLibrary domains have been seized by the United States Po... by TheOtherHobbes on Friday November 04, 2022 @12:16PM (#33469149)

The costs are not the problem.

We can barely get to the Moon and have no realistic prospect of making a self-sustaining Mars colony any time soon.

How is it credible to claim we can build starships that can cross lightyears without technological or sociopolitical problems?

The engines - which we're nowhere close to creating - are the easy part.

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Re:ZLibrary domains have been seized by the United States Po... by loup-vaillant on Friday November 04, 2022 @12:41PM (#33469617)

Getting to the moon only takes another JFK. We have the tech, we have the people, all we lack is the budget and a 5-10 year deadline. Also, another hard part is getting there safely enough. A 5% chance of dying out there is probably not acceptable nowadays. We probably need to go below 0.1% to attempt it again, and that's not trivial, especially with the possibility of solar flares beyond the magnetic protection of the Earth.

The real question is, is it worth making it a priority?

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Re:ZLibrary domains have been seized by the United States Po... by petre on Friday November 04, 2022 @01:38PM (#33470725)

> is it worth making it a priority

It will follow by itself once space mining kicks off. I'm sure Jeff Bezos would like to mine some asteroids.

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Re:ZLibrary domains have been seized by the United States Po... by knaekhoved on Friday November 04, 2022 @12:33PM (#33469472)

I was responding to "physical realities in this area are pretty rough" - obviously there are other blockers

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