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Why not just make that first payload contain actual humans? Seems a helluva lot simpler.
by NickBusey 10y ago
Why not just make that first payload contain actual humans? Seems a helluva lot simpler.
- rubicon33 10y agoYou could, and probably would. But, how would you send everyone else? That 'traditional' method (carbon based fuels to propel a heavy payload) is extremely expensive, and slow. So if you ever wanted to send more than just 1 payload, you'd quickly reach resource limitations (namely cost, and time).
- robin_reala 10y agoWhy would you need to send more? Humans are natural von Neumann machines.
- imglorp 10y agoYup, for several hundred thousand year's journey. No problem. :-) I would just hope my emacs session will stay up that long.