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The problem with sleeper ships (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/memes@sopuli.xyz

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[–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What are you talking about?

A ship travelling to another star system will not fly as slow as Voyager and will be well outside of the solar system within decades. What kind of beacon do you think would be strong enough to ping continuously, for 3000 years, at increasingly high energy levels? We're talking megawatts of power.

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

A beacon you leave behind. A small satellite left in Sol that contains notes.

Fuck. Did you think the sleeper ship was radioing Earth? It could have a local broadcast, but not at all my point.

Edit: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beacon Beacons don't have to move.

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 months ago

Beacons don’t have to move.

often they don't, that's where the term beacon comes from. Saying that they don't have to is a little wrong, since it's probably more accurate to state that "they don't have to stay stationary" instead.