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Virgin Galactic's Boss Says Space Travel Will Never Be Cheap
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Virgin Galactic's Boss Says Space Travel Will Never Be Cheap |
05/05/09
I think we'll always need to explore. If not, well we'll need to rely on the mentalists to retain knowledge for us while we fall into a Dark Age.
05/05/09
I wonder how many years it would take to develop space exploration to the point where it could conceivably shuttle our species to another home if the Earth became a big hot mess? Given that space flight is only 50 years old, I wonder what the practical goals could be in 500 years (outposts on all planets?), 5,000 years (travel beyond solar system?) or 50,000 years (wormholes, universal wifi with happy meals, etc.)?
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@radarskiy: you wouldn't necessarily have to transport the whole population to save the species. You're also assuming birth rates will continue to accelerate. It's possible with dramatically longer life spans, birth rates will dramatically decrease.
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Airline travel isn't cheap and yet many people do it, mainly because they have to.
We will have extensive space travel when we actually need it, when there is a military or economic purpose to it. Governments and corporations lack foresight beyond five years, so by the time we really need to send tons of cargo and hundreds of people up there ASAP we will be completely unprepared for it, in typical human fashion.
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technology is the new magic.
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