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Old 12-26-2024, 11:14 PM   #1708 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
That may require a little patience. I'd settle for thermal nuclear propulsion.
Yeah, more of a 10,000 year plan.

Only way I can figure humans making it to another solar system is for self-directed robots to locate the place and prepare it for habitation, while frozen embryos are sent to the new location and entirely nurtured by robots.

I'll have to be content with folks on the moon and possibly Mars.
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