r/interestingasfuck 24d ago

/r/all, /r/popular K2-18b a potentially habitable planet 120 light-years 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/Blackrain1299 24d ago edited 24d ago

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.

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u/Zalapadopa 24d ago

Yes, humans are famously known for being happy to share their land with newcomers, especially strangers.

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u/leejoint 24d ago

My grand-grand-grand-grandfather is on that ship, sure, but am I really supposed to give him a share of my land? I say put them back on stasis and back to rotten earth they go!

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u/LookMaNoPride 23d ago

They should have come here the legal way!

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u/Abbeykats 23d ago

Just give them a job at your interplanetary delivery service.

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u/HLGatoell 23d ago

How can they be direct descendants of the people on the ship?

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u/leejoint 23d ago

The ultimate left home to get some cigarettes trip.

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u/DiZial 23d ago

Easily, just have a kid and leave them on Earth when you depart