If we discover the means to travel faster than light, but researching and developing the technology means that the Earth is destroyed in just a few decades, should the technology still be pursued?
If we discover the means to travel faster than light, but researching and developing the technology means that the Earth is destroyed in just a few decades, should the technology still be pursued?
Edit: A bunch of yall don't seem to grasp the concept of a theoretical question
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I mean surely the research itself isn't actually what destroys the earth, but rather the actual use of such an FTL drive, no? So just research the fundamentals, run a few tests outside the edge of the solar system with unmanned probes, and keep the tech in our pockets in case we actually have a reason to evacuate the planet
Brontaroc will feast on that passenger list.
Yeah, ngl, I have zero clue what that reference is
FTL in general and FTL that can evacuate entire planets worth of even a single species are very, very different scales of technology.