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Volunteering for interstellar travel is kind of a mug's game anyway

Posted by Reagen Jul 23 '15, 10:20

since whatever ship is sent out will inevitably be passed by a newer, faster ship along the way.

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Hopefully the newer ship is nice enough to stop and pick them up. - sycor Jul 23, 10:44
"You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is never try." -- nm - ML Jul 23, 10:28
Also, not really - if the newer faster ship picks you up on the way then you get there, while if you stayed on Earth you'd have died years before -- nm - Roger More Jul 23, 10:26 3
- They'd be whizzing past you and never even see you. -- nm - Reagen Jul 23, 10:30 2
  - That assumes the newer tech is even in the same 'space' to go whizzing by - JD Jul 23, 10:43 1
    - But then they could easily fold space to retrieve the slow ship. -- nm - David Jul 23, 10:45
There's a good book to be written (if it hasn't already) about a group of people who have to make a 14,000 light-year journey, knowing that they won't - Roger More Jul 23, 10:24 11
- That's what living on Earth is. -- nm - Max Jul 23, 10:29 6
  - Pretty much. Spaceship Earth is getting trashed, but a generation-ship might be small enough that the effects of - TWuG Jul 23, 10:32
  - Good point. Cancel NASA! -- nm - Reagen Jul 23, 10:30 4
    - Nah. Let's commision Earth-sized thrusters and attach them to Australia. Then we can all go to this new planet! -- nm - TWuG Jul 23, 10:33 1
      - either way, we're rid of Australia. Good thinking. -- nm - Reagen Jul 23, 10:34
    - Let's continue to be Earthonauts! -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 10:31 1
      - We're all brave heroes, knowing we'll never get to wherever we're going. -- nm - Max Jul 23, 10:35
- Alistar Reynolds has written some stuff in this vein, although I didn't particularly enjoy the books. -- nm - Reagen Jul 23, 10:29
- Ascension! -- nm - David Jul 23, 10:28
- I think that's the premise of the Rama series as I recall -- nm - jangles Jul 23, 10:27
- Seveneves -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 10:26
gawd you're such a pollyanna! -- nm - mud Jul 23, 10:23 1
- Stark realism and space travel go hand in glove. -- nm - Reagen Jul 23, 10:30
Not if I have anything to say about it *swerves into lane* -- nm - spamlet, Defending Blood Feud Champion Jul 23, 10:21 1
- It *clearly* says Zipper Merger right here! -- nm - Reagen Jul 23, 10:22

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