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by basicplus2 2676 days ago
A system based on SpaceTime with reference to the centre of the universe
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I don't know. First we'd have to identify if there is one center of the universe; can we guarantee that the universe expands uniformly? I can't find anything online and I'm not a physicist. If there are multiple centroids of the universe, and they're all moving, we probably can't establish an eternal reference point.

Also I think the confidence interval for instrumentation looking that far ahead would be so big comparative to current/possible local solutions, we're probably better off doing something in the Solar System instead.

One advantage of synchronizing to some reference in the Solar System, and maybe setting clock boosters as floating checkpoints in space, is we will always be able to find our way home :)