Humans Will Sail To The Stars

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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I need to pee!

[Dog and Pony]

Hopefully, there will be a way to accomodate this one, at least. :)

Of course, what will really happen

[LadyLucky]

Is that when they land, some nutter a few centuries on will proclaim them the "holy founders" or "the creators" or something, and everyone will believe the nutter, and yet-another-dumbassed-religion will be formed.

Hooray.