anotherlife
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Think this way. The first boat wasn't used to cross the ocean.This guy talked about why we haven't left already. This was one of the reasons. Don't leave now because technology tomorrow might be much better.I think unless we learn how to bend space and time, open worm holes or learn some really advanced shit the best we can hope for is get to the nearest star in 40 years. Imagine that trip. You're born on the ship and on your 40th birthday you land on a new planet. I would love it. Hopefully the planet is inhabited by nothing but goats, sheep, cow, deer, fish, chickenYes we know because Hyper drive is more faster and realistic ..
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I remember this one 1960s movie and this astronaut came back to earth on a 60 year trip or something from another planet..he was the first one to leave the milky way..
No one cared because on his way back , we developed technology that sent 100s of astronauts there and back in only a few years time to that same planet
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What a goofy excuse.
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Now you reminded me about the first airplane. It was in ancient China. The punishment of the eunuch was that they tied him to a kite and set him lose from the top of the tallest tower. His job was to figure out how to move the kite such that it stays in the air instead of crashing down. Too bad, being a eunuch, he was not afraid of things crushing down on him. Aviation was set back for centuries till the Wright brothers, as a result.