What if solving interstellar travel isn't about figuring out faster than light propulsion, but how to extend our own lives?

A_A , 11 months ago

Built a machine that can repair itself. Send it to a nearby planet. Give it the ability to manufacture human embryos from our genetic code using only inorganic material. Make at least 2 ; let’s call them Adam and Eve. Keep this machine somewhere hidden and near them so to guide them and their offsprings for a few milleniums. Someday, if they are mature enough, tell them what happened.

danhab99 OP , 11 months ago

Duuuuuuuuuuuuude

miket , 11 months ago

Read the “How It Unfolds” short story by James S. A. Corey, it is identical to your ideas.

A_A , 11 months ago

Ha, thanks … not available freely online yet it is : en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_S._A._Corey
James S. A. Corey (June 27, 2023). How It Unfolds. The Far Reaches. Vol. 1. Amazon. ASIN B0C4R4V6KN

miket , 11 months ago

Ah, it’s included with Kindle Unlimited.

Drunemeton , 11 months ago

Oh man I love “The Expanse” series, but had no idea that James S.A. Corey was 2 people!

So glad to know. Not sure what to do with that info though.

danhab99 OP , 11 months ago

I just bought the entire series, finally something good to read!

djc0 , 11 months ago

I think most of us would like the possibility that WE can travel between the stars, not some incredibly disconnected OTHER.

For example, I would like to see Niagara Falls, not send someone there that I’ll never ever connect with again.

A_A , 11 months ago

Create a device that can record and then allow to share experiences from other people.

FlowVoid , 11 months ago

No need for people at all then, just send another rover / probe.