Alpha Centauri IRL

[Jeje2]

I know this is Off Topic to the game, but...

Just bumped into an interesting article

Nearby star should harbor detectable, Earth-like planets

Reading it they are talking about Alpha Centauri B star.


So maybe we are gonna have some day AC IRL

[Mart]

That's a great news!
and I think very much In Topic.
So far the research of extraterrestrial planets gave nothing for AC, but maybe in 5 years of the project they mention we will know there is or even are rocky planets.

[Hydro]

Totally on topic!

I've read speculation on AC, but this is the nearest I can remember that said detection rocky planets is do-able.

Hydro

[Heraclitus]

SMAC will come to pass. All shall hail the glorius chairman who is currently living a quiet life in China.

[Heraclitus]

BTW This is great news! If it only turns out to be true.

[waab]

I hope that they will find something that is for sure!

[Heraclitus]

This is good news for humanity. I think a planet with the appropriate gravity in AC (if it isn't like Venus) would increase the odds of humanity surving.



Since being a solar system away from the rest of humanity has a whole range of advantages.

[kakitadairu]

Originally posted by Heraclitus
SMAC will come to pass. All shall hail the glorius chairman who is currently living a quiet life in China.

According to his bio, he is 9 years old this year.

Cheers,

Dai

[WotanAnubis]

Originally posted by Heraclitus
SMAC will come to pass.

Gawd, I hope it not. I'm not particularly fond of dying horribly and I even like to think that, maybe, mankind will perhaps find some way to not screw up the planet so bad we have no other option but to leave.

[sir_schwick]

I'm concerned that Morgan and Yang will be the only ones on the mission.

[Heraclitus]

Originally posted by sir_schwick
I'm concerned that Morgan and Yang will be the only ones on the mission.

Nah, Miriam will also be there.

[Heraclitus]

Originally posted by WotanAnubis

Gawd, I hope it not. I'm not particularly fond of dying horribly and I even like to think that, maybe, mankind will perhaps find some way to not screw up the planet so bad we have no other option but to leave.

Hey at least the humans of the SMAC unvierse have at least abandoned the tribal mentality of nations.



Also they aren't wiped out by their own actions or by the AI overlords. You see the glass half empty, I see it half full.

[Hydro]

Originally posted by Heraclitus


Hey at least the humans of the SMAC unvierse have at least abandoned the tribal mentality of nations.



Also they aren't wiped out by their own actions or by the AI overlords. You see the glass half empty, I see it half full.

Abandoned the tribal mentality of nations? Hmmm. In SMAC we call them factions, and they have much the same function - ideology, self interest, territory. I'm not sure I see much difference.

In the SMAC history we most certainly came oh so close to wiping ourselves out on Earth through a combination of war and environmental degradation. For me the way SMAC plays out we took those same proclivities and applied them on to a new battleground - Chiron.

Eventually we'll have to leave Earth or be burned to a crisp as the sun's outer edges expand toward Earth in a billion or so years hence. That is a long time, and with the lifespan of an average species measured in millions of years (at best) we will have long since passed from the scene.

Cheers!
Hydro

[Gremnon]

What a nice thing. We'll all be long gone before we have to worry about the sun.
Speak for yourself though, I intend on sticking around some time.

[WotanAnubis]

Originally posted by Gremnon
What a nice thing. We'll all be long gone before we have to worry about the sun.
Speak for yourself though, I intend on sticking around some time.

You intend to 'stick around' for a few billion years?

I suppose you believe in reincarnation or something.