We are at the dawn of the new age 
3D printing is slowly but surely taking over.
As all other technologies it will become more sophisticated and in some time the idea of self-replicating machines will become reality
Imagine a spaceship/probe which is capable of landing on the destination planet (we'll probably start with our Moon as testing ground
) and use planet/moon resources to build multiple replicas of itself via 3D printing and those replicas soon after would be leaving the planet in question in search for another planet where they can build more of them self, and so on, and so on ...
According to some calculations they would self-replicate through entire Milky Way galaxy in about 1 million years.
Looks to me like a feasible way to explore the galaxy, more so then any other way imagined till now
What do you guys think about it ?
3D printing is slowly but surely taking over.
As all other technologies it will become more sophisticated and in some time the idea of self-replicating machines will become reality
Imagine a spaceship/probe which is capable of landing on the destination planet (we'll probably start with our Moon as testing ground
) and use planet/moon resources to build multiple replicas of itself via 3D printing and those replicas soon after would be leaving the planet in question in search for another planet where they can build more of them self, and so on, and so on ...According to some calculations they would self-replicate through entire Milky Way galaxy in about 1 million years.
Looks to me like a feasible way to explore the galaxy, more so then any other way imagined till now
What do you guys think about it ?
