pominoz
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Esteban de la Sexface said:SWP's back said:35,000 miles an hour eh? 150 years ago, the fastest man had travelled was less than 35 miles an hour.samharris said:Are you sure that we have the time ?? ?? I watched a programme last night about a space probe on its way to Pluto,it was launched in 2006. it is travelling at 35,000 miles per hour and will not get there until july 2015 (9yrs).. the nearest planet to us (outside our solar system) is over 100 years travel away at that speed and we have no idea whatsoever if it could even sustain life..
when our time is up here its up for everybody.
Give us another thousand years and see how fast we can go then.
Exactly, you cannot base decisions made in the future from limitations that exist today. Who is to say a decision to leave the planet will be necessary. A form of renewable, sustainable energy might make fossil fuels redundant, conversely we could get smashed by a big fucking rock. Who knows. It's 50/50
We have the small problem of the Andromeda galaxy heading straight for us.