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From: WATERMAN@USC-ECL.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: inter-stellar travel
Message-ID: <16338@sri-arpa.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 2-Feb-84 13:47:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb  2 13:47:00 1984
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re: inter-stellar(inter-galctic??)travel:

has there been a recap lately of current thinking about possible
propulsion+life-support systems for inter-stellar flight?  Is the
1950's idea about using the world's supply of h-bombs out of the running now?
then there was the interstellar gas gatherer idea and the laser idea and .....
... . If a-i research/cognitive studies research gets as far as being able to
map consciousness into a digital-silicon-brain, then one could in fact travel
at the speed of light!  Slow scout ships would go out and set up 'mind-trans-
ceivers' at various places of interest.  Then to go there,
Mr. John Q. Siliconhead would just have his entire consciousness broadcast
to the transciever at that place.  He would get there in no time at all !!!
Then he would just be booted in a duplicate material housing and be on his
way strolling on the beach on planet x.!

-e.s.(waterman@ecla)
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