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The trouble with being at the beginning of space travel is that we will get better and faster at it. In fact there's a 'law' or 'paradox' that I can't remember
by DrBazza 2y ago
The trouble with being at the beginning of space travel is that we will get better and faster at it.
In fact there's a 'law' or 'paradox' that I can't remember the name of - but if we were to launch in 2076 at 0.2c, we could eventually launch something faster, than might even overtake the original probes.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> if we were to launch in 2076 at 0.2c, we could eventually launch something faster If you never launch at 0.2c, you’re less likely to build the kit that launches something faster later.
- avensec 2y ago> In fact there's a 'law' or 'paradox' that I can't remember the name of The incessant obsolescence postulate.
- anvandare 2y agoI think you're thinking of the Lightspeed Leapfrog trope[1]. (In a more general sense, it's the inverse of the first-mover advantage: the law of the handicap of a head start[32]) Or: the early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. [1] https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LightspeedLeapfrog https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LightspeedLeapfr... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_the_handicap_of_a_head_start https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_the_handicap_of_a_head_...
- andy99 2y agoWe launched the first Voyager in the 70s. 50 years on do we have anything catching up to it?
- DrBazza 2y agoIn 2076 we might.