Comment on The problem with sleeper ships
leisesprecher@feddit.org 4 months agoWhat are you talking about?
A ship travelling to another star system will not fly as slow as Voyager and will be well outside of the solar system within decades. What kind of beacon do you think would be strong enough to ping continuously, for 3000 years, at increasingly high energy levels? We’re talking megawatts of power.
MNByChoice@midwest.social 4 months ago
A beacon you leave behind.
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
often they don’t, that’s where the term beacon comes from. Saying that they don’t have to is a little wrong, since it’s probably more accurate to state that “they don’t have to stay stationary” instead.