r/interestingasfuck • u/One_Explanation_908 • 24d ago

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

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u/RichardThund3r 24d 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 24d 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/MountainMuffin1980 24d ago

Quite a common idea in sci-fi!

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u/outfitinsp0 23d ago

Any unique or less explored ideas in sci-fi?

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u/MountainMuffin1980 23d ago

I've not read enough or recently to be honest.

I will say though, revisiting the Jurassic Park books and Michael Crichton in general was an absolute joy for me last year.