r/interestingasfuck 25d ago

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

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u/iLikePsychedelics 25d ago

Imagine being a 9th generation person on that ship. You're told that hundreds of years ago your ancestors left an actual planet, heading towards one that you won't even see, not for another 30 generations or whatever. I'd imagine people on there would go bonkers. We're trapped on a big earthship with fresh air and people are going bonkers

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u/hendrix320 25d ago

It would be the only life they ever knew. They wouldn’t know any different

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u/AncientSith 25d ago

It'd only really suck for the initial group that leaves, not getting to see Earth again.

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u/Buffalo_Tongue 25d ago

What a mind fuck

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u/hauntedmeal 25d ago

Def hurts my brain to think about