Ryujin
Legend
"Whatever you do, don't go there. You might catch something."or
Came here and went "eww" and made this whole area of space off limits
"Whatever you do, don't go there. You might catch something."or
Came here and went "eww" and made this whole area of space off limits
Let's just hope that when they do show up and land on the White House lawn, we don't shoot them for trying to gift is the cure for cancer.I know it isn't what's happening but I kind of like the idea that They have decided to finally make their presence known because they see us as a "younder" version of their own civilization and are watching us run headlong toward the Great Filter. They don't want us to smash ourselves against in, like maybe they have seen other civilizations do, like maybe they themselves almost did (or would have done without some outside intervention).
Fantasy, I know, but it is a comforting thought in the face of the collapse of western democracy and civilization destroying climate change both looming over us.
oh sure you mess up one time......Let's just hope that when they do show up and land on the White House lawn, we don't shoot them for trying to gift is the cure for cancer.
Hell, even a planet, a FTL civ can’t yeet ice moons at rocky planets and seed a fast growing atmosphere-building algae to help turn that water into atmosphere? Like, we can’t, but we aren’t an FTL civilization.
I wonder what takes longer: finding an alien biome that could support your species, or altering a "close" one to fit.Even if we accept FTL travel as possible, that doesn't imply that terraforming a world is manageable.
Convincing civilizations that have spent a hundred thousand years aboard a generation ship to leave it and settle on a semi-hostile planet.I wonder what takes longer: finding an alien biome that could support your species, or altering a "close" one to fit.
Well, the question was about FTL vs terraforming.Convincing civilizations that have spent a hundred thousand years aboard a generation ship to leave it and settle on a semi-hostile planet.
If it's traveling between starts without FTL (which is a better bet than anyone traveling with FTL), it had better be, or they're not getting very far.Also, I don't know what the maximum lifespan of a self contained vessel is, but I bet it isn't measured in "thousands" of years.