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strangerep
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Heh, since this thread is mostly pure fantasy, I think the squillions of dollars should be spent on:
a) Very large baseline optical telescopes that can determine more reliably whether any earth-like planets really do orbit neighboring stars.
b) Establish robotic nuclear-powered space stations in deep space (between the stars) that can act as signal repeaters, as a prelude to...
c) Robotic missions to the most promising, nearest earth-like exoplanets. (E.g., androids and other AIs colonizing the exoplanet(s) first.) Maybe plant seeds/spores if exoplanet has no plant-like life of its own.
d) Huge multi-generational ark-like spacecraft to transport Earth animal+human life between stars. (This assumes the androids don't shoot us out of the sky as we approach "their" planet.)![Eek :oldeek: :oldeek:](https://www.physicsforums.com/styles/physicsforums/xenforo/smilies/oldschool/eek.gif)
Hmmm. Might be doable by the year 3,000 AD if we haven't all murdered each other by then (this being rather more likely than a "natural" extinction event).
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a) Very large baseline optical telescopes that can determine more reliably whether any earth-like planets really do orbit neighboring stars.
b) Establish robotic nuclear-powered space stations in deep space (between the stars) that can act as signal repeaters, as a prelude to...
c) Robotic missions to the most promising, nearest earth-like exoplanets. (E.g., androids and other AIs colonizing the exoplanet(s) first.) Maybe plant seeds/spores if exoplanet has no plant-like life of its own.
d) Huge multi-generational ark-like spacecraft to transport Earth animal+human life between stars. (This assumes the androids don't shoot us out of the sky as we approach "their" planet.)
![Eek :oldeek: :oldeek:](https://www.physicsforums.com/styles/physicsforums/xenforo/smilies/oldschool/eek.gif)
Hmmm. Might be doable by the year 3,000 AD if we haven't all murdered each other by then (this being rather more likely than a "natural" extinction event).