i'm re-reading Three Body Problem, (well, Deaths End, book three of the the trilogy, Remembrance of Earth's Past) and hibernation plays a major role in story. if given a chance and no more personal attachments to my current time, i would seriously consider hibernation for a pretty long period.
The Hibernators Guide to the Galaxy
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Re: The Hibernators Guide to the Galaxy
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I’ve been thinking that FTL might just be truly impossible which is why we don’t see ETs showing up. I know that there are theoretical designs for FTL systems, but so far the details of implementation remain elusive and the energy requirements are enormous… so, could be impossible. Beyond that, I think humans may eventually colonize the moon, Mars, and the clouds of Venus, but I highly doubt we will make it out of th…
I think we should be working out how to modify/terraform the atmosphere of Venus so we can live on the surface. At the rate we're going, we're going to need that tech on Earth. So once it's perfected here, we can then get our sister planet back to functional too
I came away thinking that it was impractical even in the long term after watching this:
Re: The Hibernators Guide to the Galaxy
#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think we should be working out how to modify/terraform the atmosphere of Venus so we can live on the surface. At the rate we're going, we're going to need that tech on Earth. So once it's perfected here, we can then get our sister planet back to functional too
I came away thinking that it was impractical even in the long term after watching this: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G-WO-z-QuWI
which is scary in that also probably means we have no way of recovering Earth from what we continue to do to it