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Six Weeks to Saturn

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  • JollyJ Offline
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    Jolly
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    #1

    https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2021/11/19/wind-rider-a-high-performance-magsail/

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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    • MikM Away
      MikM Away
      Mik
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      #2

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

      “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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      • MikM Mik

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

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        Horace
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        #3

        @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.

        Education is extremely important.

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        • George KG Offline
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          George K
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          #4

          ![alt text](555f57f0-35db-41fc-aa70-b45f5f4e0cd3-image.jpeg image url) https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c5/ee/6a/c5ee6a7062991f92c155560fe5fa5bba.jpg

          "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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          • HoraceH Horace

            @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.

            Doctor PhibesD Online
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            Doctor Phibes
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            #5

            @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?

            I was only joking

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            • MikM Away
              MikM Away
              Mik
              wrote on last edited by
              #6

              We will figure it out. Might take another thousand years but we will.

              “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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              • 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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                  Horace
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #8

                  @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.

                  KlausK 1 Reply Last reply
                  • 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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                    Klaus
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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
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #12

                          @lufins-dad said in Six Weeks to Saturn:

                          suspended animation

                          Just be careful whom you trust to run it.

                          image.png

                          "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
                            CopperC Offline
                            Copper
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #13

                            @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
                              LuFins DadL Offline
                              LuFins Dad
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                              #14

                              @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
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #15

                                ![alt text](07a405ad-7f39-424a-9aa7-76fab1842347-image.png image url)

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                                • MikM Away
                                  MikM Away
                                  Mik
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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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