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There was no need to burn our ships upon arrival, like the explorers of old, to ensure the crew's dedication to the mission. Instead, we'd burned our home.
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― Mind Painter
― Mind Painter
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There needs to be an intersection of the set of people who wish to go, and the set of people who can afford to go...and that intersection of sets has to be enough to establish a self-sustaining civilisation. My rough guess is that for a half-million dollars, there are enough people that could afford to go and would want to go. But it’s not going to be a vacation jaunt. It’s going to be saving up all your money and selling all your stuff, like when people moved to the early American colonies...ev
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Discuss the works of SF author and technologist Edward M. Lerner. Chat with Lerner about his wri…more
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Actively read and discuss modern science and the books that define it for the masses. With a foc…more
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If you like space opera: an epic scale adventure through the galaxy with military battles, inter…more
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