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Originally Posted by Rupert
Taking that view you'll never leave.
If there's no reason to expect FTL travel to be possible, why would you concern yourself with the possibility of it being invented whilst you were in flight?
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It is not just FTL - being able to safely do .5c beats the people that left 200 years ago doing .05c. Those early adopters are actually betting that technology stops and no one will jump their claim. Given our track record on advancing sciences (Look at aerospace - barely off the ground to in orbit in less than 100 years) that is not a great bet.