• Members 211 posts
    July 24, 2026, 11:03 p.m.

    The Voyager 1 which was launched and A Pale Blue Dot which had Carl Sagan speak about it in 1990, will reach 1 Light Day from Earth now.

  • Members 2212 posts
    July 25, 2026, 8:41 a.m.

    The "pale blue dot" phrase really makes you think,...
    After 36 years of high speed travel, Voyager is only a single light-day away!
    That reality check completely shatters the fantasy of escaping to "Planet B" after we ruin Earth. Good luck surviving thousands of years in deep space if the freezers break down. In the meantime, we need to put massive effort into keeping our current planet pleasant for everyone staying behind.

  • Members 1878 posts
    July 25, 2026, 2:45 p.m.

    There are a few utube vids from respected scientists who debunk the possibility of traveling to even the closest star, let alone finding a habitable planet.

    We really do need to look after this one...

  • Members 211 posts
    July 25, 2026, 3:40 p.m.

    We do need to look after it, currently we are failing. There are photos of entire hillsides being turned into Solar Panel installations and other eyesores.

  • Members 1878 posts
    July 25, 2026, 3:47 p.m.

    Well we need electricity from some other source than fossil fuels...

  • Members 2212 posts
    July 25, 2026, 9:08 p.m.

    😂
    I'll assume this is a joke, and assume you mean other eyesores like:
    -Pumpjacks (Donkey Pumpers): mechanical jacks pumping oil that dot and scar rural and desert land.
    -Open-Pit and Strip Mines
    -Gas Flaring Towers: shooting constant bright orange flames into the night sky
    -Refineries and Processing Plants: venting steam and smoke
    -Offshore drilling rigs that explode and spill millions of barrels of oil into the ocean
    -Oil tanker crashes like Exxon Valdez with 11 million gallons of oil in the sea and hundred of miles of beaches stained and all the dying wildlife