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Humans Will Sail To The Stars

Posted by timothy on from the we'll-do-like-the-icelanders-do dept.

oddsheep points to an "article on BBC news from the AAAS Expo in Boston about how researchers are discussing spreading the human race across the galaxy in solar sailing ships. Not a new idea of course but the social implications discussed are great: what the hell do the volunteer colonists (and their descendants) do for the hundreds of years it would take to get anywhere? Cue "Are we nearly there yet?" from the back seats ad infinitum and the longest game of 'I Spy' in history..."

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  1. Just say NO to Irresponsible Inc. propaganda. by sinserve · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No thanks,

    I am staying here on earth, and you capitalists
    fly to the stars and mine them for gold, wood,
    and soil, and give my backyard a rest.

    Just because Jane Soccer mom wants her SUV well
    fueled, and just because corporate funded "research"
    is promising me a better future, doesn't mean I am
    gonna give up protesting their exploitation of
    everything and everyone on earth.

    We are not going to conquer the galaxay folks, we
    will be dying here of polution, hunger, and nuclear accidents.