• Tortellinius@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Yeah, leaving Earth might happen, but leaving the Solar system is a whole other feat. It’s more likely that we’ll be colonizing the solar system, before we’ll ever leave it.

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      6 hours ago

      Well yeah. Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space.

      Until we figure out faster than light travel, it’ll be a bit of a trip just getting to the next system over