markbourne ([info]markbourne) wrote,
2005-08-17 16:33:00
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Good fences make good astro-neighbors

As an erstwhile planetarium professional, I can now reveal that not only has the newly defined "bar" at the heart of our galaxy been suspected through indirect evidence for some time, it's also not merely a "bar." You see, since 1947 the population centers on the far side of galaxy have been aware of our progress, and have determined when we will probably achieve FTL interstellar travel, so they're building this great honkin' wall....

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[info]bobhowe

August 18 2005, 04:43:56 UTC 6 years ago

I never knew such bars existed until I saw the news story yesterday.

I think any alien civilization that believes we will ever achieve FTL travel is extremely optimistic. I think we're going in the other direction: in a hundred years we'll be arguing over which version of Genesis we should be teaching in biology classes, and the Mad Max films will seem like snapshots from a pastoral utopia.

[info]markbourne

August 18 2005, 11:19:41 UTC 6 years ago

Why, we may not even have biology classes -- like "close dancing" they can lead to Other Things.

[info]shunn

August 19 2005, 02:47:36 UTC 6 years ago

"Hey, you two 'colliding' galaxies! Back off! I can't even fit a Bible between you two. Not even the Gideons'!"

[info]shunn

August 19 2005, 02:50:17 UTC 6 years ago

Cool, so cool. Barred spirals have always just looked the coolest to me. This is like going to sleep in a normal house and waking up to discover yourself living in a castle! (Granted, out on the outer ramparts, but hey.)
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