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In response to "Volunteering for interstellar travel is kind of a mug's game anyway" by Reagen

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

Posted by Roger More (aka rogermore) Jul 23 '15, 10:24

live to make it, nor will their grandchildren or their grand-children's grand-children and so on.

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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

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