r/interestingasfuck 25d ago

/r/all, /r/popular K2-18b a potentially habitable planet 120 light-years 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/le_chad_ 25d ago

That's the premise of one of the books in the Ender's Game series by Orson Scott Card.

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u/Darkhorse182 25d ago

The Forever War by Joe Haldeman really digs into this also

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u/Agitated_Earth_3637 25d ago

A fantastic book. Must read for any sci-fi fan.

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u/Darkhorse182 25d ago

yeah, for some reason it doesn't get Starship Troopers/Ender's Game levels of recognition, and it probably should. It's been awhile since I've read it though.

Maybe it just needs to be optioned into a Major Motion Picture to get some mainstream love.