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UltraSanetoday at 7:40 PM2 repliesview on HN

It shouldn't be a surprise that it is very hard to keep humans alive outside the exact environment we evolved in. Current squishy humans will never colonize space, only intelligences using a vastly more durable substrate will be able to.


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ck2today at 8:58 PM

you get it exactly

I do like the theory of using a massive amount of water to surround a ship as a shield, it solves a lot of radiation problems and something humans desperately need for long travel (with super-recycling) but not a solution once you get there

and we'll definitely have super-advanced space-drones, eventually

ben_wtoday at 7:49 PM

I suspect so, but I wouldn't want to bet on it.

Enough humans seem to be repelled by the idea of transhumanism that they may well insist on doing it the hard way.