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The problem with sleeper ships (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

It's a good argument against trying sleeper/generation ships.

But then you never send out ships. (Unless you do like embryos or something.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The obvious solution to this is to just not send the faster shios to the new planet, or do but use it as a hub for further travel, and let the sleeper ship people fulfill their literal purpose.

Celebrate them and support them theres more planets why even bother?

The sleeper ship people would be going to a planet chosen because it was able, the faster ship people would likely be able to choose a better planet anyway.

But also could just meet up with that sleeper ship and like take them with you

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The science answer would be there's probably not that many suitable planets. And probabilities of ships not making it means sending additional ships is a good idea.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Hard disagree on that answer. We have found thousands of possible planet candidates already and we aren't looking that hard, relatively. The second we have the technical capability to actually get to any other solar system there will be a new instrument in space with the explicit purpose of finding planets we want to travel to

Edit. This new instrument will not magically appear, i meant we will start the process of building one and putting it in place asap

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Possible candidates. Because we don't have the ability to actually know. And it has to be habitable to humans, agriculture, and animal husbandry, which is much stricter than possible (bacteria) life.

As for using new planets for further exploration, it's possible but will take time to develop the industry (while trying to build your new planet) and watch space for new targets.