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  Ad Astra: To The Stars Part 2 of 2 Part 1 of 2 (if you haven’t read it) Contents Chicken Little The Earth Is Not Fragile Ad Astra We’re Better Than We Think Our Position __ When it comes to pushing advancements in space, the main thing is that we develop these new technologies so that we can go elsewhere. When and if needed. When and if wanted. In the home town analogy, you may never want to leave, but how terrible to imagine you never could? Most of us will never go to Fiji. How much would it suck if no one could ever go to Fiji? Chicken Little This isn’t doom and gloom. We’re fully behind the idea that this should be a game. That we’re too amazing, too powerful not to continue to expand—and have a little fun doing it. It’s merely worth noting the facts facing us, which sets the premise of the directive for constant improvement and expansion. Our playing field at the moment is inherently fragile to our existence , no matter how sturdy it seems. Let’s rephrase that a little. Th...

  Ad Astra: To The Stars Part 1 of 2 Contents Roman Locomotives The Strategy Eurekas & Creative Bursts Warp Factor 9 The Reality Facing Us __ What say we do a 2-part post? And what say we meander with it a bit? Talk about a few different things, leading to an overall discussion of humanity’s long-term push for the stars? Sadly there’s no feedback mechanism as we type this opening segment, so we’ll assume the answer to the above is, more or less: Yes. Let’s do it. Your decision to read on (or not ) will either confirm (or deny) your own agreement with that answer. Here we go.  Roman Locomotives What would a Roman Locomotive have looked like? We’ll never know for sure. But they could’ve been built. Yes, even though we suggested talking about “different things”, that’s still a sharp segue. Hear us out. From the simple to the complex, new inventions routinely come to market. We’re often surprised when we see something no one ever thought of, that yet didn’t technically require...