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murder
rank Mon Jan 12 23:08:02
Voyager 1 was launched on September 5, 1977. It is the most distant man-made object from Earth.

This November it will reach a distance of 1 light day from Earth.

And it will have taken > 49 years to make it that far.

And back on Earth clowns are talking warp drives and faster than light space travel.

murder
rank Mon Jan 12 23:15:15

Forget interstellar travel, someone prove that you can catch Voyager 1.

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Rugian
rank Mon Jan 12 23:19:32
100 years ago, the idea that you could send anything man-made 1 light year into the universe would have been treated as pure science fiction.

Baby steps.

Pillz
rank Tue Jan 13 00:13:34
Okay, I was having a discussion with an AI engineer, and they said that, ultimately, we're going to pump out all of the magma from the earth and replace it with hydrogen gas. And we need all the magma so that we can have the raw mineral resources required to create Elysium-style space stations on earth. Oh, also, we need to begin mining the moon. We will shortly, according to them, in the next ten years, we'll have industrial operations on the moon. Then we'll begin building giant space stations, and in the next century, there should be trillions of human beings occupying space station and space stations and moons across the solar system.

This, I have come to realize, is an actual belief that engineers have, and they are actively trying to get us there, and fuck me, siphoning all the mineral resources out of the earth to replace them with hydrogen. I hope Putin nukes something soon.

murder
rank Tue Jan 13 01:17:50

"100 years ago, the idea that you could send anything man-made 1 light year into the universe would have been treated as pure science fiction."

Light day, not light year. It'll take close to 18,000 years for Voyager 1 to reach a distance of 1 light year from Earth.

"Baby steps"

Yes, which is why it's ridiculous that con artist try to convince people that we're going to skip right over all the steps between where we are and achieving even 1% the speed of light.

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murder rank	Mon Jan 12 23:08:02 Voyager 1 was launched on September 5, 1977. It is the most distant man-made object from Earth. This November it will reach a distance of 1 light day from Earth. And it will have taken > 49 years to make it that far. And back on Earth clowns are talking warp drives and faster than light space travel.
murder rank	Mon Jan 12 23:15:15 Forget interstellar travel, someone prove that you can catch Voyager 1. -
Rugian rank	Mon Jan 12 23:19:32 100 years ago, the idea that you could send anything man-made 1 light year into the universe would have been treated as pure science fiction. Baby steps.
Pillz rank	Tue Jan 13 00:13:34 Okay, I was having a discussion with an AI engineer, and they said that, ultimately, we're going to pump out all of the magma from the earth and replace it with hydrogen gas. And we need all the magma so that we can have the raw mineral resources required to create Elysium-style space stations on earth. Oh, also, we need to begin mining the moon. We will shortly, according to them, in the next ten years, we'll have industrial operations on the moon. Then we'll begin building giant space stations, and in the next century, there should be trillions of human beings occupying space station and space stations and moons across the solar system. This, I have come to realize, is an actual belief that engineers have, and they are actively trying to get us there, and fuck me, siphoning all the mineral resources out of the earth to replace them with hydrogen. I hope Putin nukes something soon.
murder rank	Tue Jan 13 01:17:50 "100 years ago, the idea that you could send anything man-made 1 light year into the universe would have been treated as pure science fiction." Light day, not light year. It'll take close to 18,000 years for Voyager 1 to reach a distance of 1 light year from Earth. "Baby steps" Yes, which is why it's ridiculous that con artist try to convince people that we're going to skip right over all the steps between where we are and achieving even 1% the speed of light. -
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