Comment on Do our human accomplishments have a long-term, universal significance, or when the world ends, do we all end with it, including what we’ve achieved?

• 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.

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  • 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.

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