/sci/ - Science & Math

>>12726167
go away zoomer

>the year is 2065
>Blue Origin autofabricator spaceports in the Atlantic launch 20 heavy lift flights of cargo per day on spacecraft constructed from mined material from the ocean floor
>Spacex LEO manufacturing facilities pump out 10 nuclear deep space tugs per week
>Bezos lives in his own personal space station form which he commands his empire
>Elon has established en empire on mars that auctions off land and sells resources to private ventures to fund his research into life extension technology and AGI

To me, this is the most terrifying and plausible:
>The statistical likelihood for all conditions necessary for life to be met for such long periods of time as needed is so small that even the enormity of the universe doesn't overcome it. We are probably the only life in our local galaxy cluster or possibly even the observable universe.

What has to happen for life to form, as far as we know just based on ourselves as the only example:
>planet where liquid water can exist for long periods of time
>a long period of stability in local stars, meaning nothing too close goes supernova and destroys life
>a stable solar system that keeps chaotic periods to a minimum. our solar system may be quite unique in its evolution and structure that prevented too many major impacts on Earth
>a planet with a strong magnetic field to protect from radiation
>all of this has to last for quite some time, and then several billion years before multi cellular life could form

It is also not well understood how multicellular life formed, so as far as we know the chances of that happening may be minuscule. Even then, the rise of intelligence is not well understood and may be incredibly rare. All of these rare circumstances put together make it seem like we could truly be the only ones. Although, we won't know for sure until we can study other solar systems more.

>>10475323
I think you're right. The reusable heat shield is going to be the hardest part about this project. This combined with the lack of LES makes me skeptical about flying dozens of people at a time on these things, especially with little inspection/refurbishment time like they have been saying.

>>10445655
Bezos has an incredibly realistic vision of the future of humanity in space. Not that I don't like Elon with his Mars plans, but developing industry is really the way to go.

Serious Space Shuttle Time

How do I become more intelligent /sci/? I am going to college in a few weeks and want to make the best grades possible. How do I go about doing this?

I wish I could take that drug Lucy took :/
>pic slightly related