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dashingstag t1_j22q6iq wrote

I think choosing who to go is the last thing to consider and when we are ready to choose the choice itself would no longer be relevant.

There’s so many things that can go wrong in the vastness of space. Storms, meteorites, solar flares, your ship is completely exposed to the harshness of space and there’s no way out if something goes wrong.

I think what makes more sense is like a generational convoy travelling a fair distance away from each other, and people set up stations on planets along the way in case there’s an unforseen scenario.

I think food printing needs to be invented. I think VR needs to be fully realistic and immersive. Kinda like what’s possible in the orville. I think society’s mindset needs to have a giant shift.

I think choosing people shouldn’t be important. There should be everything sufficient in order for any kind of person to go. For example robots/cybernetic enhancements/ genetic modification. There needs to be a legal system and a way to enforce laws. I think general space travel should already be common prior.

I think it will likely be fully privatised or an international effort because there’s no way to prevent the future generation from just seceding. Any attempt to send ships to go after them will also risk those seceding. Therefore it’s never a worthwhile venture for any government.

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bigmikemcbeth756 OP t1_j22y0zt wrote

Laws space is like the old west theirs no laws

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dashingstag t1_j22zi35 wrote

If that’s is true then there’s no value for governments or companies to try to build them in the first place because they would be literally throwing money into space.

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dashingstag t1_j22zigl wrote

If that’s is true then there’s no value for governments or companies to try to build them in the first place because they would be literally throwing money into space.

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bigmikemcbeth756 OP t1_j22zury wrote

It would be like Christopher Columbus they paid for the get the take it

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dashingstag t1_j2307sb wrote

Even Christopher Columbus had to return to his sponsor Spain. But this is a one way ticket. If a regular joe like me can see it’s a bad investment without rules, a potential generational ship sponsor will avoid it like a plague. Fact is, the only reason why a company would do it is because they would be able to set up sovereignty in a new place/planet.

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bigmikemcbeth756 OP t1_j230hcr wrote

That's the plan only issue is see is it would be like You're basically owned by the company

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dashingstag t1_j230lfm wrote

Sure there would be many people who would be against it but there would also be many people who would be up for. What makes you think you aren’t already owned.

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