Get comfortable in the Solar System—we’ll be here for a while

What if we dropped interstellar ambitions and focused on understanding our home system?

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/07/get-comfortable-in-the-solar-system-well-be-here-for-a-while/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

We can leave the Solar System, but arriving anywhere is not happening soon

What if we dropped interstellar ambitions and focused on understanding our home system?

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@arstechnica Alt text: An illustration of the solar system, with the planets orbiting the sun, against a backdrop of the Milky Way.
@arstechnica "we’ll be here for a while" - that is a lot of unwarranted optimism
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It's not a zero sum game. #≠0
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What if the Pope decided what scientists focus on?
@arstechnica to better understand our own solar system we have to compare it to others.
@arstechnica Well why does this matter so much when we didn't win over basic issues like poverty, corruption and unemployment. Lets focus on home planet and fix these first.
@arstechnica Let’s do all the good things!
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Elon Musk calling his rockets "Star Ships" has so be the biggest lie in Space Exploration.