Rich Mingin (PLUG) on 22 Feb 2017 15:37:24 -0800


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Re: [PLUG] "Nearby"

Respectfully, you're wrong, Joe. We could leave NOW (well, minus construction time) if we really wanted to. We've had the technology to make a 40ly trip for decades. It's just so expensive as to *seem* impossible.

The limiters are the inefficiency of our recycling, and the lack of collective will.

On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 5:13 PM, Joe Rosato <rosatoj@gmail.com> wrote:
Considering "2001 a space odyssey" had us going on a manned Jupiter flight with HAL (missed by 16 years at this point), and BladeRunner with flying cars that park on top and inside buildings in 2019 (hurry up!!) - I think our Sci-Fi to reality gauge needs to be re-tuned. 

I pretty sure that we will be waiting a long time before we can travel 40 light years.


On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 4:07 PM Ronald P Guilmet <ronpguilmet@gmail.com> wrote:
Given that the sun's lifespan is half over where do you think space exploration is headed? Are we, humans, looking for a place to colonize before it all goes black? I always wonder that.

On Feb 22, 2017 3:46 PM, "jeff" <jeffv@op.net> wrote:
Kelly Johnson - Skunkworks
"We have the technology to send ET home."
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