Timeline for What could prevent a sentient species from going to space?
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| Jun 27, 2016 at 9:09 | comment | added | Luaan | @Wildcard Of course, you can already see the fault of your argument - private exploration of space is seriously starting off, and (unsurprisingly) much more efficient than the previous government efforts. Sure, the Cold War probably kick-started the space program, but it was probably just a significant priority boost; without it, space exploration might have been delayed, but not really "avoided" entirely. People had more reasons to go to space before we actually started exploring space - many expected far greener pastures in space than there actually are :P | |
| Jun 24, 2016 at 19:18 | comment | added | Wildcard | This is pretty much what I was going to say. Another slight variation on these themes would be: social/cultural fixation on using science only to create weapons or make money, to the point where space exploration seems a fanciful extravagance rather than a serious endeavor to be earnestly and broadly pursued. (Hey, that kind of describes Earth at this time....) | |
| Jun 24, 2016 at 18:10 | comment | added | Wayne Werner | Re 3: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… | |
| Jun 22, 2016 at 18:56 | comment | added | rogerdpack | Here's one: no appropriate fuel sources? Assuming they don't figure out atomic, that is :) Or another: inability to see stars and moons, so they think there's nothing out there, or nothing worth pursuing...hmmm... | |
| Jun 22, 2016 at 17:21 | comment | added | njzk2 | @rogerdpack no one has really believed the earth is flat in the past 2000 years. (except a handful of nut-jobs here and there, but nothing serious). Any sentient society with a few observant people will quickly advance to the point where they understand how it works. (although not seeing stars probably won't hepl) | |
| Jun 21, 2016 at 20:37 | comment | added | rogerdpack | Yes I was going to mention superstition as well, like earth is flat type :) | |
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| Jun 21, 2016 at 16:41 | history | answered | Luke | CC BY-SA 3.0 |