Well such a phenomenon happened with the "discovery" of America (of course not with the gaseous planetary scale it would have in the hipothetical case) when the gold overflow from the colonies to Europe halved it's worth. Don't know exactly how much cheaper was the gold but i didn't hear anyway about the conquerors paying for it.
I really don't think light speed would be unavoidable for interstellar exodus. Counting on the development of genetics, engineering and "cosmic awareness"/ethics/rationality/not-just-technical-i ntelligence, an endurable self sustained (under a very simple system) craft with the genetic and chemical capability to make/start over the biological evolution of any environment reached an influence would make the deal. No need of persons to colonize. Just broadcasting our genetic heritage to the cosmos would be propagation, expansion. What if these autonomous seeds don't evolve as similar as us?, well... who knows how we will look in a couple of milleniums.
I really don't think speed light would be unavoidable for interstellar exodus. Counting on the development of genetics, engineering and "cosmic awareness"/ethics/rationality/not-just-technical-i ntelligence, an endurable self sustained (under a very simple system) craft with the genetic and chemical capability to make/start over the biological evolution of any environment reached an influence would make the deal. No need of persons to colonize. Just broadcasting our genetic heritage to the cosmos would be propagation, expansion. What if these autonomous seeds don't evolve as similar as us?, well... who knows how we will look in a couple of milleniums.
Yeah, i like Europe, the women there are so open minded... =) Seriously, there's Mars and Europe, both have atmosphere and the high posibility of water presence (much likely in Jupiter's Moon). Just wonder the potential of a solar system economy, all these new resources. The case of Titan is very promising too though it wouldn't be so "kind" to human existence, but those hidrocarbure seas! Well, let's start by walking for a couple of days over Mars.
That should be impressive. I would like to have such an experience. I'm one of those contemporary people that love space but realized how few we look at the sky. The ancients took the sky as a reference thus enhancing their "awareness", our grounded culture doesn't have perspective to sight more than the abstract/artificial facts of "the world" (please not confuse with the planet).
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Well such a phenomenon happened with the "discovery" of America (of course not with the gaseous planetary scale it would have in the hipothetical case) when the gold overflow from
the colonies to Europe halved it's worth. Don't know exactly how much cheaper was the gold but i didn't hear anyway about the conquerors paying for it.
I really don't think light speed would be unavoidable for interstellar exodus.i ntelligence, an endurable self sustained (under a very simple system) craft with the genetic and chemical capability to make/start over the biological evolution of any environment reached an influence would make the deal. No need of persons to colonize. Just broadcasting our genetic heritage to the cosmos would be propagation, expansion. What if these autonomous seeds don't
Counting on the development of genetics, engineering and "cosmic awareness"/ethics/rationality/not-just-technical-
evolve as similar as us?, well... who knows how we
will look in a couple of milleniums.
I really don't think speed light would be unavoidable for interstellar exodus.i ntelligence, an endurable self sustained (under a very simple system) craft with the genetic and chemical capability to make/start over the biological evolution of any environment reached an influence would make the deal. No need of persons to colonize. Just broadcasting our genetic heritage to the cosmos would be propagation, expansion. What if these autonomous seeds don't
Counting on the development of genetics, engineering and "cosmic awareness"/ethics/rationality/not-just-technical-
evolve as similar as us?, well... who knows how we
will look in a couple of milleniums.
Yeah, i like Europe, the women there are so open minded... =)
Seriously, there's Mars and Europe, both have atmosphere and the high posibility of water presence (much likely in Jupiter's Moon).
Just wonder the potential of a solar system economy, all these new
resources. The case of Titan is very promising too
though it wouldn't be so "kind" to human existence,
but those hidrocarbure seas!
Well, let's start by walking for a couple of days over Mars.
That should be impressive. I would like to have such an experience. I'm one of those contemporary people that love space but realized how few we look at the sky. The ancients took the sky as a reference thus enhancing their "awareness", our grounded culture doesn't have perspective to sight more than the abstract/artificial facts of "the world" (please not confuse with the planet).