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Are We Multiplanetary Yet?
- bjourne 2y agoBut on the bright side, we may not stay uniplanetary either!
- da-x 2y agoMultiplanetary is easy, multistellar will be a whole different game
- alganet 2y agoI think he's talking about the very real possibility of humans ending up spreading to -1 planets.
- da-x 2y agoI really thought he was talking about relocating mankind to asteroids and orbital stations
- coldtea 2y agoEven two-planetary wont be happening anytime soon. And zero-planetary (extinction) is quite likely as well...
- da-x 2y agoDo not go gentle into that good night. I will never subscribe to such negatively fatalistic views.
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- moomin 2y agoWe're still trying to figure out the propulsion side of the problem, which frankly is the Asylum Demon of colonising another planet.
- ricksunny 2y agoWe're not prepared to countenance two things: 1) That some form of propellantless propulsion may in fact be 'a thing'. 2) That exotic propulsion technologies may be 'born secret' by default — even if you or I invented them — because of their national security implications (can be formed into an ICBM platforn). There would be no publicly-referenceable classification list informing you of this, because that is not how it works and would defeat the purpose. Our best precedent on this is in fact the Manhattan Project. Living then we would not know that isotope fission methods were restricted data, even while speculation could be bandied about in amateurish publications (cit. Alex Wellerstein's excellent blog https://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2014/03/07/death-dust-1941/ https://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2014/03/07/death-dust-1941/ ) Moreover, we would see those few scientists who were actually pursuing relevant study under government auspices actively misrepresenting (i.e. lying) to the press. cit. Urey on heavy water: "...it got Harold Urey, the guy who discovered heavy water, to write a letter to the editor saying I don’t have any clue what this is about. There is certainly no way to use this in war, which is a total lie." https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Full%20Transcript%20of%20AHF%20NSF%20Workshop.pdf https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Ful...
- throw5959 2y agoToday's world is too transparent and connected. I can open the web page of an university where a bunch of PhDs research this and send them an email. There are legions of nerds that would immediately spot any inconsistency and make a total online outrage out of it.
- ricksunny 2y ago1) You do not necessarily have the email address of a government scientist working on a black project. 2) And if you do, the Urey example cited demonstrates that they are fully empowered to lie to you about the importance of a research line of interest.
- chrsw 2y agoWhat counts as multiplanetary? Landing as small group of people on Mars who don't last very long probably doesn't meet the criteria.
- slimebot80 2y agoAre we brainwashed yet? Absolutely.