@frank @cstross @jannem @dx
If they can't produce their own original new science I don't think it's sustainable. And on an "alien planet" or living in a new way that humans never have before in a space hab? There is SO MUCH science to be done.
And that's not even getting into the art and music and stories the people would need to relate to their new world and each other.
https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/113611438189883813
@futurebird I may be 85,000 words into writing a novel about a generation ship that is having issues because it's marinating in the past rather than generating new stories and music and […]
2024-12-07 HighlandLawyer ┃ 4👤
@futurebird @frank @cstross @jannem @dx
I'm definitely of the view that being able to build a (physically) self-sustaining space habitat is a sine qua non of "colonising" anywhere in the solar […]
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The biggest problem is it's basically impossible to terraform. There are niches on earth that can't sustain life, such as the South Pole and the top of […]
@frank @cstross @jannem @dx
And I thought that all of that new science was at least part of the whole point of such a project from the standpoint of how it could benefit humans on Earth. […]
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