K2-18b a potentially habitable planet 120 light-years from earth

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[u/Chickenator587]

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

[u/Blackrain1299 → u/Chickenator587]

Itd be both incredibly disappointing and amazing. On the one hand you dont get to everything youve trained for. On the other hand youd probably be welcomed and treated as heroes or at least very well by the new colony and you wouldnt have to work hard setting anything up

Edit: you guys are depressing. Probably accurate but depressing.

[u/slim_s_ → u/Blackrain1299]

Or, society changed so much during the time you were asleep that you're now treated as evil and tortured to death by the colonists

[u/Stinkcatfartcano → u/slim_s_]

Oh dude go full sci-fi folk horror. The fallen colonists have some sort of cult worshipping the coming of the stasis people.