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ICOTrenderdotcom t1_je65v3g wrote

Humans won't ever travel that far. Machines made by humans might.

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Iffykindofguy t1_je6c1w7 wrote

Impossible to say. It is unlikely, especially in terms of a single lifespan its almost impossible that would happen unless we have some incredible developments in life extension. Which is possible. You're way too over confident.

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gonzo1483 OP t1_je6e9am wrote

The convicts could potentially reproduce on board, and their grandchildren could research the surface of Proxima b and send the results to Earth to equip the next launch.

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Sanity_LARP t1_je6hl9e wrote

There's a sci-fi story where a multi-generational colony ship finally arrives at a planet and it's covered in the ruins of a civilization of humans that arrived hundreds of years earlier using faster ships that were developed while the first ship made the trip.

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gonzo1483 OP t1_je6j4qn wrote

Damn. So the first ships informed later ships, then there was ruin, then centuries later a new ship arrives with lesser technology than the previous?

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CollinHell t1_je6lhl5 wrote

Any chance you remember the name? I'd love to read that.

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gonzo1483 OP t1_je678pj wrote

I think human DNA will need to be able hop to younger planet systems if humanity isn't to extinguish along with the sun.

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JefferyTheQuaxly t1_je6e1zo wrote

wouldnt it theoretically be possible for robots to travel that far, build up factories and teraform to modify it to humans, and use frozen human eggs and semen to create test tube babies? couldnt they also modify the genes of those babies to help them survive easier? and have lifelike possibly AI robots help raise the first generation of humans? like i agree sending humans that far away oesnt make much sense but i think it could be possible if robotics and/or AI was advanced enough. and it still close enough to recieve reports back to earth, so maybe we could send instructions back to the robots every decade or something and see how progress is going.

now teraforming worlds and building up cities would likely take a ton of time, so it might be centuries before the babies would be incubated. tho we could always send the eggs and semen after the initial building robots so the eggs and semen arent super old, idk how long frozen eggs and semen could potentially last.

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JayR_97 t1_je6gxdz wrote

It's only 4 light years away. It's something that could feasibly be done within a human lifespan if you reach a significant fraction of the speed of light

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