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Probably the most interesting question from the comments: "How important is the time gap of interstellar travel?" The information we gather today about the sta
by MikeCo 15y ago
Probably the most interesting question from the comments:
"How important is the time gap of interstellar travel?"
The information we gather today about the state of the universe is terribly "out of date" considering we are looking into the past. If we found a pale blue dot, it could be gone by the time we could manage to get there. Alternatively, there may be one in the making that we don't recognize but would be habitable by the time we made it there. We should solve the FTL travel problem first. :)
- maaku 15y agoPlanets don't disappear in a matter of years. Even in the 100,000 to few million years it would take to traverse the entire galaxy they wouldn't disappear (although any life would evolve significantly).
- InclinedPlane 15y agoThere's no guarantee that the "FTL travel problem" is in any way solvable. If we wait to solve and unsolvable problem then we will never go.
- da_dude4242 15y agoTime travel from whose perspective? To you what seems like ten-thousands of years will seem to a traveler going at relativistic speeds like hundreds of years.