Like wars erupting over FTL rather than sharing it, because the country or a corporation who would be the first to have such technology stands to have the potential to colonize distant planets.

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[–] 8 points 4 months ago (3 children)

There's much more to colonizing a planet than just traveling there. It's a massive ugly investment that may never turn a profit.

For example we have technology allowing travel to the moon, but that doesn't mean we're going to colonize it any time soon.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Colonizing other continents was also both hella dangerous and expensive at the time.

    I think there's a lot of factors, including where the FTL transit time, potentia habitability of the destination, and conditions back on Earth.

    There's a big difference between "hey we're sending you lot on a trip with at least a year transit time to a potentially hostile destination" versus "go ahead and start building, if you need anything call Tony and he'll have a guy there by Tuesday".

    If FTL were a thing, or even near FTL with long-term habitability I don't totally see something like the Mormon Ark-Ship (from the Expanse) being funded by a wealthy enough group.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    They are talking about setting up moon colonies soon though, that's what the artimis missions are building up to. Afaik China is doing the same thing.

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