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We can leave the Solar System, but arriving anywhere is not happening soon (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Recant@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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The post demonstrates how infeasible it is to travel to a location outside our solar system anytime in the next several generations.

What are some things you would like to see humanity do within our solar system within the next century? When do you think it is feasible to achieve that goal?

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[–] Morcyphr@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago

This is probably the correct answer. I'm a fairly smart guy but the enormity of space is astounding. We aren't going far anytime in the near future. Probably we'll kill each other first. Manned Mars is even a stretch even, imo.