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.
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.
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Bahnd@lemmy.world 8 months 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 8 months ago
I think orbital rings are actually a viable solution for the first thing. youtu.be/LMbI6sk-62E?si=85ODl9PWDVpbjJuH
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