“We also know that it is not going to last long.”
“It is long for our standards. Twenty five thousands of years is quite long for human kind. It is enough to find solutions for most of our major problems.”
“Captain! We won’t manage to reach anywhere! Biology and physics will prevent us from it! Going faster than light speed is theoretically possible, but no solid matter would survive it, if we were really to gain it. I was doing some calculations to kill my spare time, and the results are not making me happy. We are not going to manage to the borders of a Milky Way in one piece.”
“Just leave it to the scientists, will you?” advised Willner. “We are only to establish a colony for our little group. It must be done if humans perish along with the Earth.”
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