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It is true no physical law obligates the universe to make them observable to us. But, this is the same universe that gave rise to Star Trek, Firefly, and espec
by maxcan 6y ago
It is true no physical law obligates the universe to make them observable to us. But, this is the same universe that gave rise to Star Trek, Firefly, and especially The Expanse making so many of us dream of interstellar travel. So, I’d say ethically it’s pretty damn obligated to make them observable :)
/s (Sort of.. not really)
- unkulunkulu 6y agoLife imitates art, the universe will surely give :)
- iso947 6y agoFirefly is all STL. It’s ambiguous how they got to the system they now occupy.
- Filligree 6y agoWait, really? I haven't watched the show, but aren't there like six different habitable planets involved? You can't have that all in a single star system.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y agoThey kinda try to patch it up in the movie "Serenity". Supposedly the whole show takes place in a gigantic star system full of giants with dozens of moons amounting to hundreds of worlds. They also have some form of terraforming tech to make inhospitable worlds habitable. Frankly I find that whole set up only slightly more plausible than some kind of FTL, especially since they also have gravity manipulation tech already.
- iso947 6y agoMore. All geo engineered. Ambiguous how humanity got to the system though. That said recent talks about habitable zone around a black hole made me wonder if that would work.
- maxcan 6y agoI honestly did not remember that. Good point.
- int_19h 6y agoIIRC it's spelled out somewhere that the colonization fleet was generation ships.
- raducu 6y agoThis is the same universe that gave rise to the Tide Pod challenge. Perhaps in the far future there will be a Find a wormhole challenge where future human teenagers will dive their spaceships into a blackhole they think is in fact the entrance to a wormhoe and scream YOLO just before entering the event horizon.
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