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by dragonwriter 3274 days ago
> I don't think so. It's not hard to see the beginnings of a satellite communication platforms around the Moon and Mars.

That's not even remotely close to interstellar.

> And once we start looking at the local solar system, we start dealing with C being a significant source of lag

Sure, interplanetary has substantial impact from light-speed delays.

I'm just saying that pointing to imminent interstellar scope is wildly improbable.