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Re:Project Hyperion: Interstellar ship design competition by jamiek88 on Thursday August 07, 2025 @03:03AM (#44821442)
> full self repair, with the shipped materials and energy, and with no wasted byproducts.

Isn’t this impossible? Doesn’t entropy preclude perfect ongoing repair?

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Re:Project Hyperion: Interstellar ship design competition by ben_w on Thursday August 07, 2025 @07:32AM (#44823167)
> Isn’t this impossible? Doesn’t entropy preclude perfect ongoing repair?

Yes, but we don't actually need "perfect". Also: you can counter a lot of entropy from the energy supply of those engines.

Counter-but: we aren't even close to good enough for what we do need.

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