Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for July 07, 2011
Transcript:
Danae: OK... so the contest is to come up with an idea on how to get people to another solar system... Jeffrey: Right. Danae: How long would it take for the fastest rocket to get to the nearest one? Jeffrey: About 4,000 years. Danae: Well then, someone better get a move on, don't you think? Jeffrey: Yes, starting with you, please.
At the moment (and foreseeable future) interstellar travel will only be attractive to explorers who don’t care if they never see their friends, family or even neighbours ever again. Frozen for the trip and probably get there to find out that, 3000 years after they left, the human race developed a faster than light drive and has been settled on the nearest inhabitable planet for 1000 years. That’ll ruin your day!