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 Originally Posted by BananaStand
I saw something on Netflix, can't remember what' it's called, but it evaluates the possibility of humans moving to another planet. The most viable solution seems to have been developed in the 60's. And I can't remember the name of the project, but essentially, you build a massive vessel, and every few minutes it shits out a nuclear bomb. The bomb explodes in space, and the explosion pushes the vessel forward. A few minutes later, another bomb, and the vessel moves even faster.
They said within some months the vessel would be going approximately 6% of the speed of light, which is fast enough to get us to another potential planet within 150 or so years.
Yep. That's Project Orion. And the "spaceship" can be city-sized using 1960's tech.
It's still a perfectly viable option if we don't launch it from Earth. It's a monumentally heavier design, which is stopping us from building one in orbit in order to take joy rides to Jupiter.
I'd have to look at the data again, but I think the radiological fallout is A) not ALL pulled toward the humans by gravity, and B) has to get through the Earth's magnetic shield*. Once you're out far enough, blowing up nukes to get around is actually legit.
*Totally not OP for your home planet to start the game with a force field, IMO.
Originally Posted by BananaStand
It's possible that our species de-volves into gelatinous sacks of goo before we ever get to the new planet.
Changes in physiology and not the genome don't count.
It's still evolution, not de-volution. A process which changes over time is an evolving (or evolution) process.
You'd have to reverse causality to have de-volution, I think.
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