Personally, I’ve never really seen the need for such a thing. There’s no great rush to jump dozens of light years away when we have hundreds of planets and moons and other large bodies we’ve barely even taken a glimpse at right here in our own back yards. We can go right up to a Kardashev II civilization without having to travel more than a few light hours away.
There’s no great rush to jump dozens of light years away when we have hundreds of planets and moons and other large bodies we’ve barely even taken a glimpse at right here in our own back yards
To my surprise and delight, the article itself confirms Betteridge’s Law of Headlines by starting off with:
Personally, I’ve never really seen the need for such a thing. There’s no great rush to jump dozens of light years away when we have hundreds of planets and moons and other large bodies we’ve barely even taken a glimpse at right here in our own back yards. We can go right up to a Kardashev II civilization without having to travel more than a few light hours away.
Don’t need to go light years, it’s the speed that’s important.
If you can hop to Mars in 8 seconds instead of 8 months we can explore our backyard a lot better.
None of those are habitable