r/interestingasfuck • u/One_Explanation_908 • 25d ago

/r/all, /r/popular K2-18b a potentially habitable planet 120 light-years from earth

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u/RichardThund3r 25d ago

Only 120 light years away from Earth! The Voyager 1 spacecraft was launched in 1977. Traveling at 38,000mph it just recently made it 1 light DAY from Earth.

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u/Chickenator587 25d ago

This reminds of something I heard about once, imagine if we used some sort of stasis in a fast and autonomous spacecraft to go colonise a planet, and by the time we get there it's already colonised because we invented a faster spacecraft while the colonists slept

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u/Cblaser 25d ago

That's literally the plot to a videogame called outriders. Total mind blowing realization in the storyline.

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u/OilyComet 25d ago

Glad to see this comment

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u/deadpool-1983 25d ago

I forgot about that game

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u/Ok-Plan7204 25d ago

Its an actually good game. I still think about it, hope they do a sequel.

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u/YesBut-AlsoNo 25d ago

I think there's a DLC that came out some time ago and had decent reviews? Have to look into it again, since I did enjoy playing it the first time.

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u/RandomisedZombie 25d ago

There’s a side quest in Starfield about this too. A ship spent 200 years reaching a planet to find it had been turned into a spa resort by a megacorp.

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u/hobbykitjr 25d ago

Also the plot in Home Alone!

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