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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 6866381" data-attributes="member: 37579">Steering is tricky because you're cut-off from regular space and unable to respond to new signals or changes. Which isn't much of an issue, since if you see something you have to steer around, by the time you can see it you've already hit it. Stopping is the bigger issue. And not releasing a death wave of energy that has built up in front of you. All these could be worked around given time and energy. But figuring out a reliable way of stopping and not unleashing a planet destroying radiation way isn't very useful science until you can build such a device. And building such a device isn't useful until you have the unicorn to power it. To me it feels like making a budget for spending your lottery winnings. Sure, if you win the jackpot and have a detailed financial plan it's easier and you're less likely to make rash & foolish financial decisions, but you might be better off working towards an independent financial future. In this case, working on rotating ships that can withstand the radiation of space or perfecting suspended animation/cryosleep. Or downloading brains into robot bodies so we can live as infomorphs before uploading into robots upon arrival.</blockquote>