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> If they're saying we'll be an interstellar spacefaring civilization in much less than 300 years, they really buried their lead :) If you think we can't reach
by Iv 9y ago
> If they're saying we'll be an interstellar spacefaring civilization in much less than 300 years, they really buried their lead :)
If you think we can't reach Kardashev scale I in 300 years you are really pessimistic!
We have, right now, the technology to go visit other stars. It would take a sizable amount of the world's GDP but it is possible. I certainly hope that in 300 years we will have explored other systems!
- xelxebar 9y agoActually, people are already working on getting to Alpha Centauri within a reasonable timescale and without exhausting the world's GDP [1] ! [1] https://breakthroughinitiatives.org/Initiative/3 https://breakthroughinitiatives.org/Initiative/3
- akvadrako 9y agoI'm not saying it's impossible, but I wouldn't trust these guys to do anything. The funding is basically all from one russian oligarch who probably does it for fun then gets board. Their last initiative was much less ambitious, yet after several years the website just says "Details of the competition will be announced soon." [1] https://breakthroughinitiatives.org/Initiative/2 https://breakthroughinitiatives.org/Initiative/2
- 0x4f3759df 9y agohttp://www.positrondynamics.com http://www.positrondynamics.com
- adrianN 9y agoWhere a sizeable amount is about the size of the Manhatten Project, so, in fact, not all that much.