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<blockquote data-quote="Thomas Bowman" data-source="post: 7318367" data-attributes="member: 6925649"><p>A smaller scale map would have more varied environments. Take for example the Star Wars galaxy. In all the movies of Star Wars you've ever saw, was there ever an occasion for somebody to wear a space suit? Was there ever a planet who's atmosphere was poisonous to humans, and which required special gear to survive on? All Star Wars planets we've ever seen have a few things in common:</p><p>1) Breathable Atmospheres</p><p>2) Gravity close to that of Earth</p><p>3) A day that is more or less the same length as an Earth day.</p><p></p><p>There is a plausible way to explain this. If you map is the entire galaxy, there are 100 billion stars in our Galaxy, roughly about ten stars for every human living on planet Earth today and then some, if a planet doesn't have the above three properties, it is not on the Galactic Map If the Galaxy is 50,000 light years in radius, and if you made a map that was 100 squares by 100 squares of the Galaxy, Each square would be 1000 light years on a side. Now remember that map I showed you, it was 50 stars within a 5 parsec radius or a 16 light year radius, 1000 light years is 60 times as big with 216000 times the volume and about 10,800,000 star systems. Now If you are going to pick one planet out of 10.8 million, wouldn't you pick one that was pretty close to Earthlike? You wouldn't pick a vacuum world or a world with a poisonous atmosphere, this would be the best world for human habitation out of almost 11 million! It seems that a Galactic Map would feature planets that are all pretty similar to Earth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thomas Bowman, post: 7318367, member: 6925649"] A smaller scale map would have more varied environments. Take for example the Star Wars galaxy. In all the movies of Star Wars you've ever saw, was there ever an occasion for somebody to wear a space suit? Was there ever a planet who's atmosphere was poisonous to humans, and which required special gear to survive on? All Star Wars planets we've ever seen have a few things in common: 1) Breathable Atmospheres 2) Gravity close to that of Earth 3) A day that is more or less the same length as an Earth day. There is a plausible way to explain this. If you map is the entire galaxy, there are 100 billion stars in our Galaxy, roughly about ten stars for every human living on planet Earth today and then some, if a planet doesn't have the above three properties, it is not on the Galactic Map If the Galaxy is 50,000 light years in radius, and if you made a map that was 100 squares by 100 squares of the Galaxy, Each square would be 1000 light years on a side. Now remember that map I showed you, it was 50 stars within a 5 parsec radius or a 16 light year radius, 1000 light years is 60 times as big with 216000 times the volume and about 10,800,000 star systems. Now If you are going to pick one planet out of 10.8 million, wouldn't you pick one that was pretty close to Earthlike? You wouldn't pick a vacuum world or a world with a poisonous atmosphere, this would be the best world for human habitation out of almost 11 million! It seems that a Galactic Map would feature planets that are all pretty similar to Earth. [/QUOTE]
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