11-05-2017, 09:47 PM | #31 | |
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Re: If interstellar Colonies become possible, who goes first?
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I mean, I'm not a xenophobe or a sociopath, but if I had the skills needed and somebody made me an offer, I'd go help colonize Mars, without hesitation. What a great thing to do with one's life! Sometimes, people do things just to do them, or for the adventure of it, or just because they find everyday life tediously dull. I think it would be awesome to be the first person to ever walk through a particular valley, or see the view from the top of a particular hill. While I don't think there are all that many people with similar outlooks, there are certainly enough to colonize any number of planets, over the course of several centuries.
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11-05-2017, 10:01 PM | #32 | |
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Yet humans, and human societies, do expand. Sometimes the reasons make economic sense, sometimes they don't. But the expansion happens.
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11-05-2017, 10:04 PM | #33 | |
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You would find religious groups that just want to get away, and religious groups (broadly defining religion to mean a lot of cultural traits) that wanted to stay, including some apparently following the same tenets. Ultimately, make the travel cheap enough (not necessarily free, or even economically cost-effective, just cheap enough, and before long somebody will use it. Their reasons might strike others as mad. A lot of Englishmen, including hard-core Puritans, thought the foundation of Massachusetts Bay was madness. But it was founded, and in time it grew into one of the richest areas in the world.
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11-05-2017, 10:06 PM | #34 |
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Re: If interstellar Colonies become possible, who goes first?
That island over there is still orders of magnitude easier and safer than that hostile alien unknown extrasolar planet even for THS people with limited superscience.
I did mention how I think small scientific outposts make sense. It's just full sized colonies that are unlikely regardless of anything but the most setting altering superscience.
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11-06-2017, 03:41 PM | #35 | |
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11-06-2017, 03:59 PM | #36 |
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Re: If interstellar Colonies become possible, who goes first?
Not necessarily. A lot of small outposts either remain small outposts, or vanish.
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11-06-2017, 04:08 PM | #37 |
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Re: If interstellar Colonies become possible, who goes first?
If for example an advanced ruined alien civilization is discovered, you might have sufficient interest and motivation for more extensive scientific settlements, even with some military support, and all the supporting infrastructure that entails.
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11-06-2017, 04:53 PM | #38 |
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Re: If interstellar Colonies become possible, who goes first?
There's no settlement colony in Antarctica now for a reason.
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11-06-2017, 04:55 PM | #39 |
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Re: If interstellar Colonies become possible, who goes first?
But is that realistic? I imagine one could get serious funding for any alien archaeology, even stone age level, even in THS. No need for advanced, depending on how you define that word.
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11-06-2017, 05:05 PM | #40 | |
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Re: If interstellar Colonies become possible, who goes first?
The support infrastructure at McMurdo is extensive, and a few people live there year-round. It effectively is a small town. There are no children though. It certainly stretches any clear boundry between "outpost" and "settlement".
Given the Great Silence, it seems more realistic than a nearby active civilization approaching Type I or higher. Quote:
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