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Humanity has been theorizing about the possibilities of
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interstellar colonization long before it even qualified for Type I
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civilization on Kardashev scale. Before we event sent our first
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seed ship, it has been theorized that it will take several
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generations before it even pass the half-way mark towards it's
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destination. Some even suggested that by the time the first such
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ship would arrive, the rest will already have developed faster and
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more efficient ways of travel between interstellar bodies. Some
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were putting their hopes in quantum computing, or even
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self-teaching AI, but alas, our machines are still only as perfect
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as their creators. Here we are, still floating around at sub-light
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speeds, spending the first half of the journey speeding up and the
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other half slowing down and praying for our calculations to be
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correct. As fascinating as it may seem, even the stars move around.
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We have to calculate the trajectory of our target and account for
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the delay caused by the speed of light and the distance, because by
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the time the star's light reaches our eyes, it might be already
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long gone. In the better case, it merely moves from it's previous
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position. Worst case, it's gone supernova and our ship will arrive
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to a newly formed black hole...
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Then there is this little annoying thing backed up by out
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observations from our home planet - the universe (or at least it's
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observable part at least) is expanding - we can tell, because the
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stars are gradually changing their color spectrum towards red and
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infra-red meaning the light itself is taking longer and longer to
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travel all the way to our photoreceptors...
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Sounds depressing doesn't it?
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