I'm afraid that proposal wouldn't be met with open arms bojan … (remember we're pitching for big bucks here .. gotta satisfy the bureacrats ..
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From the workshop paper …
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Several views were shared by a majority of participants:
First, a long-term goal of interstellar travel does not require near-term attention to who might embark on such a journey. For now, the focus should instead be to enable the long-term technological capability for interstellar travel, as well as the social interest and imagination that are required to drive that technology innovation.
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Robots are pretty boring nowadays ..
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Second, direct human involvement, or some equivalent, will be necessary to make any long-term achievement sustainable. Part of the workshop’s introduction was a discussion of space exploration as a manifestation of the “Heroes Journey.” There was general agreement that a human element is necessary (though not itself sufficient) for sustainable support, i.e., pure robotic probe exploration was insufficient.
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No pure robotic missions !! ..
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Third, once an Earth-like planet is found (i.e., a place outside our solar system that is capable of supporting life), societies and individuals will be more likely to have a visceral reaction in support of interstellar travel. Such a destination would be where we could aim to travel.
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That kind defines the target environment for us, eh .. ?
Bert's question about navigation has got me challenged, also !
How do ya do that at close to c ?
Cheers