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One of my big takeaways from read a US history [0] was that conflicts were often solved by the dissenters moving somewhere else and settling that new empty spac
by pjmorris 10y ago
One of my big takeaways from read a US history [0] was that conflicts were often solved by the dissenters moving somewhere else and settling that new empty space. Which is one reason why I think space exploration is important; there's plenty of room for multiple viewpoints out there.
[0] 'A History of the American People', Paul Johnson
- gglitch 10y agoIt's fascinating to imagine it being possible and affordable for a specified minimum number of people to launch a sustainable ecosystem into space and never be seen/heard from again.
- mason240 10y agoIt's one of the plots on The Expanse, a reality grounded SciFi set about 500 years from now. A large Mormon colony ship is being constructed for a one way, multi-generational trip outside the solar system.