30 Jun 02:21
--Sci fi of course
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30 Jun 02:20
--A great book that covers that, and war, is by joe halderman, called the forever war. So good
30 Jun 02:19
--I don't know of relativistic travel will ever be possible, but you don't get star wars that way either. Just lonely astronauts who can never return to the world they knew. :-)
30 Jun 02:18
--I think we can do star travel without FTL, using something like a generation ship or (if cold sleep is worked out) sleeper ships.
30 Jun 02:17
--Oh thanks, that is what everyone else told me LOL. :-) Maybe I'm just too self-conscious.
30 Jun 02:17
--Haha. Nice. I do believe any space travel we do will be on very large timeframes, and only very very locally
30 Jun 02:16
--I think it's cool - you look like someone who thinks about stuff - maybe you should have been rubbing your chin or something too?
30 Jun 02:14
--No no that is Dr. Edward Purcell, who penned a paper refuting the idea of interstellar travel
30 Jun 02:12
--Here, you can see my first article here. And my dorky-as-fuck picture LOL. http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=34464
30 Jun 02:11
--I don't think we should necessarily colonize a planet with already occuring life, though, that might turn out badly based on our track record on Earth.
30 Jun 02:10
--I mean, if we find one with biosignatures, we GOT to get a probe with a camera there or something.
30 Jun 02:10
--It all started when I was a kid, I started wondering how we might really get to those exoplanets we are discovering.
30 Jun 02:09
--One frequented by a lot of actual Phds and stuff, I was kinda scared at first.