Up, but not Out? Discussing the lack of exploration fics.

[ECSNorway]

HRogge wrote:

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There is of course the point that there is NO PLACE in the solar system (beyond Earth) at the moment where a million people could go... so "emigration" is not only a problem of transportation, but also of life-support at the end of the journey.

I would expect that most Daneverse countries would look more for "already habitable" planets than to build huge orbitals to put people into. Still, with a habitable planet in another star system one country might think "lets grab it"... and sent at least ten thousands people there. Still, getting that many people on a different star is a huge effort, even for a rich nation state.

It all depends on how you go about it, but yeah.
A few factions have started interstellar colonies by this point - the Soviets at the places they found the Stargates, Greenwood at Annwyn, etc. But yeah, it costs a metric f**kton of money to do so.
On the other hand, Greenwood City itself has passed the 30,000 population mark by 2018 or so, and that's a single Space Rock. With the right propulsion system that could make a very nice colony ship...
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