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Humans can't even expand on planet Earth without conflict, the idea of a pan-galactic civilization in harmony with a very narrow focus on expanding doesn't seem
by raverbashing 3y ago
Humans can't even expand on planet Earth without conflict, the idea of a pan-galactic civilization in harmony with a very narrow focus on expanding doesn't seem too realistic to me
(building any electronics that resist radiation and last more than 50 yrs is a very complicated process as well)
- actionfromafar 3y agoOne under-explored option with radiation resistant electronics IMO is to scale it up for robustness. It's impractical if we want to launch it from a gravity well, but if it could be built in space, there a lot of space, in space... Also, the processing needn't be fast at all if going vast distances. There's a lot of time to complete a calculation. Lot's of time and lots of room for redundancy. Same with fuel, yes the rocket equation is wicked, but if you could just get more of it from an asteroid or whatever, just get more of it. Huge, slow burners with "CPUs" a mile wide.