Will we, Can we, ever become martians?

[onlinebiker]

Speciation doesn't take thousands of years. Divergence can start in a few  the ships that brought

Speciation and phenotypical divergence are not the same thing.   You can phenotypically diverge a lot and still be the same specie.  Eskimos and pigmy are the same specie, and not all that different as far as variation within species typically go.

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And when you have all the engineering savvy of a goose, honk loudly.

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We are signatory to treaties that severely limit the amount of fissible materials that can be launched out of the atmosphere. The " big" reactors we send out in orbits exceeding earth/sun orbit are in the kilowatt scale.  About the size of a home power generator.

The scale you are proposing are in a scale 1 x 10 to the 9th.


But what the fuck do I know???

He said fusion.   You know the difference?

You think it matters???

I assume he doesn't know the difference between a reactor and a bidet....


We don't launch large quantities of nuclear reactor fuel - of any type - for a goddamned good reason.

One fuckup - and you scatter poisonous, radioactive shit all over the planet.


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Think Chernobyl, writ large.