Indeed, Robin. First we must overcome The Great Filter. On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 3:00 PM Robin <mixent...@aussiebroadband.com.au> wrote:
> In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Fri, 9 Oct 2020 14:11:08 -0400: > Hi, > [snip] > >This is exactly why starships travel in subspace. <insert British "sniff"> > > ...se we revert to SciFi to maintain the dream, rather than face reality? > > I think it's time we change the dream. We are not going to be leaving the > Sol system any time soon, so we had better > adapt to the fact and learn to live with one another here on Earth. OTOH > there is still plenty of room for expansion > within the Solar system. Lots of lovely planets and moons. Granted, the > conditions are not ideal for life as we know it, > but with the application of technology & energy some of them can be made > habitable. > > If "subspace" ever becomes a reality, then we can reconsider the matter. > >
