4 ms·
We are already planning interstellar probes that appear feasible with only modest advances [1]. Imagine what we will be able to do with another 1000, or 10000
by MattPalmer1086 2y ago
We are already planning interstellar probes that appear feasible with only modest advances [1].
Imagine what we will be able to do with another 1000, or 10000 years of development. Can't see any fundamental reason why we could not ultimately build infrastructure and print up some lifeforms at their destinations.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakthrough_Starshot https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakthrough_Starshot
- SoftTalker 2y agoFor some definition of "modest"
- refulgentis 2y agoOrders of magnitude are unusually easy in our industry. These are absolutely mindboggling numbers beyond comprehension. You need to move 500K hiroshimas a second for 80 kg (175 pounds). You'd also need some pretty fast brakes lest you run into some pretty small things. You also have a really bad recursive problem, at 100% E=MC^2 efficiency, you need to turn 100 kg of mass to pure energy, per second, to move 80 kg. So actually you need to move 180 kg, which requires...etc. etc. This is the base of this thread, the Fermi Paradox: if it was a relatively quick scaling away, where is everybody? It's "turtles all the way down" to respond that there is no paradox, just imagine us in 10K years, even if we knew for 100% certainty we'll be there in 10K years. Note the wikipedia article you linked uses "concept" 10 times, the roadshadow was in 2016, and has no updates after November 2017, 6.75 years ago.