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Why would a self-sufficient lunar colony not extort Earth?

Filling Earth orbit with shrapnel would a terrible threat to Earth but it would also mean the moon can never again get supplies from Earth. Burning down a bridge stops both sides from crossing. The m …
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Efficient way to transport a Stargate

Rockets Rockets are the fastest means of acceleration we have but it's just not efficient but for a stargate, this isn't a problem as you can open the gate to refuel. You effectively build the starg …
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If 30% of global military spending for the next 30 years were instead spent on an "intellige...

An O’Neill Cylinder You can build it close to Earth and then move it further out giving you the advantages of a close construction and the later distance. You could also do a minimum build close to E …
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How fast would a civilization with FTL spread out?

FTL isn't the issue The problem is finding somewhere to live. The Milky Way has around four hundred billion stars alone so if you look at a star system every second, it will take you over 200 years t …
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