subgenius wrote:perhaps, but is Kessler considered "settled" by your measure?
Yes, but only if we can make it in less than twelve parsecs.
I have faith we will find a hotshot pilot who can navigate the Kessler run in less than 12 parsecs. What I worry about is all the pilots who will die attempting it before we find that one pilot.
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Oh, i know you will, and you have...for example, just up this thread.
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DarkHelmet wrote:I have faith we will find a hotshot pilot who can navigate the Kessler run in less than 12 parsecs. What I worry about is all the pilots who will die attempting it before we find that one pilot.
I hope you realize that parsecs are units of distance--not units of time. That is one of the things Starwars got wrong.
The parsec (symbol: pc) is a unit of length used to measure large distances to astronomical objects outside the Solar System. A parsec is defined as the distance at which one astronomical unit subtends an angle of one arcsecond,[1] which corresponds to 648000/π astronomical units. One parsec is equal to about 3.26 light-years (30 trillion km or 19 trillion miles) in length. The nearest star, Proxima Centauri, is about 1.3 parsecs (4.2 light-years) from the Sun.[2] Most of the stars visible to the unaided eye in the night sky are within 500 parsecs of the Sun.
The astronomical unit (symbol: au,[1][2][3] United Airlines,[4] or AU) is a unit of length, roughly the distance from Earth to the Sun. However, that distance varies as Earth orbits the Sun, from a maximum (aphelion) to a minimum (perihelion) and back again once a year. Originally conceived as the average of Earth's aphelion and perihelion, it was defined exactly as 149597870700 metres or about 150 million kilometres (93 million miles) since 2012.[5] The astronomical unit is used primarily for measuring distances within the Solar System or around other stars. However, it is also a fundamental component in the definition of another unit of astronomical length, the parsec.
No precept or claim is more likely to be false than one that can only be supported by invoking the claim of Divine authority for it--no matter who or what claims such authority.
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I think anything that involves us needing to leave the planet, while also being technologically capable of meeting that need (I assume what's meant is a re-habitation type thing[?]), is likely easily dismissed -- at least for a generation or two.
To me, the real threat is what impact this could/would have on satellites.
"Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead." ~Charles Bukowski
May I suggest a large orbiting Space Roomba? Seriously, there may come a time when we have orbital garbage maintenance as part of our space programs.
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MeDotOrg wrote:May I suggest a large orbiting Roomba? Seriously, there may come a time when we have orbital garbage maintenance is part of our space programs.
It doesn't seem like it would be the toughest thing to develop some kind of space ship with a battering ram to knock old garbage out of orbit. I mean, this isn't rocket science.
Wait...
ETA: It's fun to imagine NASA doing this, knocking older satellite artifacts off earth's orbit and into space, only for a couple of them to find themselves stuck in another planet's gravitational pull. The old junk crashes on another planet in our solar system, and many centuries in the future, after the apocalypse and the slow rebirth of humanity, space explorers will finally be able to visit other planets, find the old junk and start theorizing about ancient civilizations that may have sent life to Earth.
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