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What's that saying again? Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence? I don't think we're quite there yet, but for all of you MOdified Newtonian Dynamics fans (and Dark Matter haters) out there here's a bit of good news.

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[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean we’d all still be fucked but a generation ship could give hope to the survival of the species as a whole

[–] LanternEverywhere@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

We haven't even gotten people to Mars and it would "only" be a couple of year trip with current technology. I can't imagine society making a generational trip happen any time soon. Sorry for being a Debbie downer.

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I mean society as a while sure won’t, but desperate times and all that, unlikely for sure but it’s a glimmer