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Originally Posted by Joseph Paul
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.
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If you're doing this kind of thing the odds are that you haven't experienced any significant improvements in your space propulsion technology over the last century or two.