Does anyone else feel existential dread about the fact that humanity is trapped in our solar system by physics and...

Water can slow light down
it bends it

come on that's middle logic

Oh shit. Fuckin gottem.

of coarse we'll explore the universe eventually

just only a tiny bit (or not at all) in OUR lifetimes

Heh

>coarse
>of coarse
No, the human race will not last another 100 years with retards like you.

Most of science fiction literature is dedicated to coming up with stupid solutions to that problem. I doubt our science won't come up with something that works.

Yes, it bothers me quite a lot that for now we're stuck on our spec of dust, barred from exploring the infinity that surrounds us.

But you know what bothers me even more? That damn near nobody is even *trying*. It's like we collectively threw our hands up and said, "WELP, it's hard and can't be done on a punny budget so why even bother?"

And worse, some of the few that ARE trying are so mired in risk aversion and porkbelly politics, ensuring that progress towards mastery of space is kept at a sub-glacial pace and making a laughing stock of the entire field. It's maddening.

>punny
*penny

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>20% of the speed of light
Wew lad