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Six Weeks to Saturn

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  • CopperC Offline
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    #7

    I think a warmer climate will help.

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    • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

      @horace said in Six Weeks to Saturn:

      @mik said in Six Weeks to Saturn:

      One of my few regrets is I won’t be around to see interstellar travel.

      On the bright side, there's no realistic chance that that will ever happen.

      And nobody will ever need more than 640k of memory.

      Also, humans cannot travel faster than 30mph.

      We’ve only been able to fly for 100 years. It’s maybe a little early to write off Alpha Centauri?

      HoraceH Offline
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      @doctor-phibes said in Six Weeks to Saturn:

      @horace said in Six Weeks to Saturn:

      @mik said in Six Weeks to Saturn:

      One of my few regrets is I won’t be around to see interstellar travel.

      On the bright side, there's no realistic chance that that will ever happen.

      And nobody will ever need more than 640k of memory.

      Also, humans cannot travel faster than 30mph.

      We’ve only been able to fly for 100 years. It’s maybe a little early to write off Alpha Centauri?

      when we figured out how to use sharp sticks to murder things and eat them, we were closer to flight technology than we are now to interstellar travel technology.

      Education is extremely important.

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      • HoraceH Horace

        @doctor-phibes said in Six Weeks to Saturn:

        @horace said in Six Weeks to Saturn:

        @mik said in Six Weeks to Saturn:

        One of my few regrets is I won’t be around to see interstellar travel.

        On the bright side, there's no realistic chance that that will ever happen.

        And nobody will ever need more than 640k of memory.

        Also, humans cannot travel faster than 30mph.

        We’ve only been able to fly for 100 years. It’s maybe a little early to write off Alpha Centauri?

        when we figured out how to use sharp sticks to murder things and eat them, we were closer to flight technology than we are now to interstellar travel technology.

        KlausK Offline
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        #9

        @horace said in Six Weeks to Saturn:

        @doctor-phibes said in Six Weeks to Saturn:

        @horace said in Six Weeks to Saturn:

        @mik said in Six Weeks to Saturn:

        One of my few regrets is I won’t be around to see interstellar travel.

        On the bright side, there's no realistic chance that that will ever happen.

        And nobody will ever need more than 640k of memory.

        Also, humans cannot travel faster than 30mph.

        We’ve only been able to fly for 100 years. It’s maybe a little early to write off Alpha Centauri?

        when we figured out how to use sharp sticks to murder things and eat them, we were closer to flight technology than we are now to interstellar travel technology.

        I believe in little more than 40 years we will discover the warp drive, which is the signal for other civilizations to contact us. With the new alien technology, things will accelerate a lot.

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        • KlausK Klaus

          @horace said in Six Weeks to Saturn:

          @doctor-phibes said in Six Weeks to Saturn:

          @horace said in Six Weeks to Saturn:

          @mik said in Six Weeks to Saturn:

          One of my few regrets is I won’t be around to see interstellar travel.

          On the bright side, there's no realistic chance that that will ever happen.

          And nobody will ever need more than 640k of memory.

          Also, humans cannot travel faster than 30mph.

          We’ve only been able to fly for 100 years. It’s maybe a little early to write off Alpha Centauri?

          when we figured out how to use sharp sticks to murder things and eat them, we were closer to flight technology than we are now to interstellar travel technology.

          I believe in little more than 40 years we will discover the warp drive, which is the signal for other civilizations to contact us. With the new alien technology, things will accelerate a lot.

          George KG Offline
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          George K
          wrote on last edited by
          #10

          @klaus said in Six Weeks to Saturn:

          I believe in little more than 40 years we will discover the warp drive, which is the signal for other civilizations to contact us. With the new alien technology, things will accelerate a lot

          Alastair Reynolds' sci-fi universe does without warp drive or FTL travel. It makes for some interesting storylines.

          For that matter, Joe Haldemann's "The Forever War," uses the lack of FTL travel as the basis for his story. It's a great book - read it 3 times, LOL.

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          • LuFins DadL Offline
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            LuFins Dad
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            #11

            I think that suspended animation will be the likelier near term solution and/or generation ships.

            The Brad

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            • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

              I think that suspended animation will be the likelier near term solution and/or generation ships.

              George KG Offline
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              George K
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              @lufins-dad said in Six Weeks to Saturn:

              suspended animation

              Just be careful whom you trust to run it.

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              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              • KlausK Klaus

                @horace said in Six Weeks to Saturn:

                @doctor-phibes said in Six Weeks to Saturn:

                @horace said in Six Weeks to Saturn:

                @mik said in Six Weeks to Saturn:

                One of my few regrets is I won’t be around to see interstellar travel.

                On the bright side, there's no realistic chance that that will ever happen.

                And nobody will ever need more than 640k of memory.

                Also, humans cannot travel faster than 30mph.

                We’ve only been able to fly for 100 years. It’s maybe a little early to write off Alpha Centauri?

                when we figured out how to use sharp sticks to murder things and eat them, we were closer to flight technology than we are now to interstellar travel technology.

                I believe in little more than 40 years we will discover the warp drive, which is the signal for other civilizations to contact us. With the new alien technology, things will accelerate a lot.

                CopperC Offline
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                Copper
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                @klaus said in Six Weeks to Saturn:

                new alien technology

                I wonder how many genders they will have.

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                • CopperC Copper

                  @klaus said in Six Weeks to Saturn:

                  new alien technology

                  I wonder how many genders they will have.

                  LuFins DadL Offline
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                  LuFins Dad
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                  @copper said in Six Weeks to Saturn:

                  @klaus said in Six Weeks to Saturn:

                  new alien technology

                  I wonder how many genders they will have.

                  Maybe they bud…

                  The Brad

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                    Copper
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                    #15

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                    • MikM Offline
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                      😆

                      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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