Comment on The problem with sleeper ships
someguy3@lemmy.world 3 months agoIt’s a good argument against trying sleeper/generation ships.
But then you never send out ships.
Comment on The problem with sleeper ships
someguy3@lemmy.world 3 months agoIt’s a good argument against trying sleeper/generation ships.
But then you never send out ships.
Jarix@lemmy.world 3 months ago
The obvious solution to this is to just not send the faster shios to the new planet, or do but use it as a hub for further travel, and let the sleeper ship people fulfill their literal purpose.
Celebrate them and support them theres more planets why even bother?
The sleeper ship people would be going to a planet chosen because it was able, the faster ship people would likely be able to choose a better planet anyway.
But also could just meet up with that sleeper ship and like take them with you
someguy3@lemmy.world 3 months ago
The science answer would be there’s probably not that many suitable planets. And probabilities of ships not making it means sending additional ships is a good idea.
Jarix@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Hard disagree on that answer. We have found thousands of possible planet candidates already and we aren’t looking that hard, relatively. The second we have the technical capability to actually get to any other solar system there will be a new instrument in space with the explicit purpose of finding planets we want to travel to
someguy3@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Possible candidates. Because we don’t have the ability to actually know. (And it has to be habitable to humans, which is different than possible life.)
As for using new planets for further exploration, it’s possible but will take time to develop the industry (while trying to build your new planet) and watch space for new targets.