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Howdy folks! I don't have any formal education in physics. But I do a lot of reading. I've been noticing that observations are piling up...

Are you implying that SF writers and space proponents are not biased? No one writes about a future where we all realize that human...

I have no idea what the future holds. But, not all points of view are equal. Automation, AI and genetic engineering are technologies...

Also, the target planet would change significantly if it takes us 100,000 years to get there. And, the technology itself will be...

Speed is to some extend life in interstellar travel. You have to consider that for crewed interstellar travel, lower speed means longer...

If only!

Emerson's keyboards were the main instrument for ELP. The opening track of their first album was The Barbarian, a version of Bella...

I stumbled across a video on Youtube about five influential keyboard players. I think there there were more. From the text...

It was an honor. Congratulations, @PeroK, @Ibix, @Orodruin, @kuruman, @DaveE, @fresh_42, @Charles Link, @Baluncore, @Chestermiller...

Thanks to everyone who voted for me. I must confess I feel more like a leg-end than a legend, but there you go.

Gosh this thread has moved on a bit! I do not think anyone has mentioned Drake yet? Worth a citation, on the chance of life being else...

It is instructive to see how much effort and complexity it realistically takes to simply transport a population of 1500 humans to the...

Here is a ‘real’ example of plans for a generation ship to Proxima B - 58x6 km and several billion tons. It would take 400 years for the...

This is correct. Not only does it just happen, but is to some extent required for human health and proper development. Guts of mice...

Coming in on this a bit late to manage a point by point discussion, but I am of the pessimistic persuasion in this. At the most basic...