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Question Starship(s) for a doomed Earth - which nations would band together for the funding?
Scenario On Earth in the latter half of the 21st century: the increasing ravages of climate change (e.g. droughts and a rising sea level) are creating more conflict between nations over the battle for resources and the need to deal with climate-change refugees our new powerful telescopes have iden...
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almost 8 years ago
Question What abilities might each member of a 4-person planetary recon craft have?
Scenario: A generation ship travels to a star system that has at least one planet that's believed to be potentially habitable and, therefore, a possible location for a colony. After sending some probes that return encouraging data, a manned spacecraft is launched from the generation ship to do a sho...
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about 8 years ago
Question How long would recognizable ruins last in a world that's being purposely overheated?
First the situation, then the question. Here's the situation: An Earth-like planet had a civilization similar to ours, but when it emitted its first radio signals, a nearby alien observation post did an evolutionary reset of the planet by enveloping it in a shroud that wiped out the civilization via...
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over 8 years ago
Question Why might a planetary recon craft need to be manned?
The story situation is that a generation ship is headed to another solar system where there are several planets in the star's habitable zone and once the ship arrives, it will approach these planets one by one and examine them to see whether they're suitable for colonization. I'm assuming such a shi...
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over 8 years ago