baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
The shit that we’ve shot into space, and the signals we have broadcast will be our only legacy. The Voyager probes with their golden records are our best shot right now at letting something else out there know we existed.
A_Menace_To_Society@lemm.ee 1 year ago
How exactly do you know that? The universe is going to be around for a while, and we just evolved and have just started to understand the universe. I find it absurd to think there isn’t at least a chance we colonize a significant part of our region of the milky way.
Bahnd@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The check list of shit to-do to colonize something not on earth is pretty long. We still have to
-Find a more reliable way to get to space than sitting on an explosion.
-Figure out how to make faster ships so we get someplace cool in a reasonable amount of time. (Generstion ships are hard)
-Figure out the life support requirements for long term voyages.
-Figure out how to produce all required items on said colony (Looking at you STCs from 40k)
-Figure out how to come back to earth without packing twice as much fuel. (Or not, hopefully we don’t fuck things here up that baddly)
Finally, there is a time limit to get this shit done. Either climate change or kessler syndrome will punch our ticket and there will be no humans outside of our unfashionably small blue-green mud ball.
I applaud the optimism, I cant say that I have the same.
Kage520@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I think orbital rings are actually a viable solution for the first thing. youtu.be/LMbI6sk-62E?si=85ODl9PWDVpbjJuH
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baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I mean as of right now. Of course we have plenty of opportunities to leave a greater legacy. But on the cosmic scale, we’ve barely done anything to leave a mark.