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In 4000 years we can build way way more faster ships and catch up to those poor guys launched a centuries earlier just because they thought they are fast enough
by kowdermeister 9y ago
In 4000 years we can build way way more faster ships and catch up to those poor guys launched a centuries earlier just because they thought they are fast enough :)
On the serious side, we only need antimatter and the drive problem is kind of solved (yes, I might be the one in the good enough ship :)).
- jcadam 9y agoGood, the folks on the faster ship can arrive ahead of us 'poor guys' on the first ship and get stuck with all of the hard work of establishing the colony and performing any necessary terraforming before we arrive.
- kowdermeister 9y agoIt would still suck to arrive at a supposed to be human free planet just to realize they have a 2000 years of history :) On the other hand, they would probably have beer.
- pc86 9y agoIf they don't, I'm going back home.
- delecti 9y agoI don't see us doubling-up on the initial missions unless it becomes really trivial to catch up. Even if technology gets a 4000 year trip down to 500, even or 100, we'd probably just let the poor 4000 year schmucks go on their way. If it got down under a year maybe, but predicting what might happen if we invent FTL is a job for people who are deliberately making things up.
- peckrob 9y agoWhat you're describing is called the Wait Calculation [0]. 0. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wait_Calculation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wait_Calculation