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What better intergalactic colony ship than a whole star system accelerated to a significant fraction of c.
by Ush2iaph 8y ago
What better intergalactic colony ship than a whole star system accelerated to a significant fraction of c.
- aaroninsf 8y agoHad the same thought... it's the Westfalia camper of a Class 2.5 civilization.
- jacquesm 8y agoHope they have invented a better zipper then!
- Flow 8y agoBut how can a civilization even start to move a star to a degree it fills a purpose?
- stcredzero 8y agoShkadov Thrusters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VetAm7fCS0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VetAm7fCS0
- def_ConGame 8y agoThat guy's channel is awesome, but his Rhotacism drives me up the wall. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhotacism_(speech_impediment) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhotacism_(speech_impediment)
- stcredzero 8y agoI just imagine Elmer Fudd dressed like Carl Sagan.
- trhway 8y agoBefore the level of moving stars, they definitely can reach the level of being capable to jump onto a suitably identified star moving in the desired direction.
- jefurii 8y agoThat would certainly one-up the Puppeteers' Fleet of Worlds...
- japanuspus 8y agoIf you are into big history science fiction, I highly recommend "The Wandering Earth"[1] by Liu Cixin, which explores this theme (sort of). Short enough to read in a night. [1]: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13554058-the-wandering-earth https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13554058-the-wandering-e...