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Right, and I'd add that once your species has survived interstellar travel at sublight velocities, you are no longer a planetary species. The day we have ships
by brownbat 13y ago
Right, and I'd add that once your species has survived interstellar travel at sublight velocities, you are no longer a planetary species.
The day we have ships that can get us to new planets will be the day there's no reason to go there.
- Crito 13y agoOh, I don't know. Gravity wells provide several interesting properties, such as space and access to a large amount of a wide variety of materials. Think of it like exploiting a very large asteroid for resources and shelter. ;)
- brownbat 13y agoVisit, sure, but stay? An interstellar trip would be on the order of, what, tens of thousands of years? I value the same things you mention, but don't know how much that tells me about deep future humans. I worry our ancestors of long antiquity might think, were they inclined, "Well, surely our far future descendants will still live in trees. I mean, there's fruit, protection from predators, sweet brachiation, what's not to like?" On the other hand, we still get fruit from trees, and they make kickass forts, so I really don't have any idea. "Gravity wells" might indeed be the kickass forts of 22,014. :)