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by govg 1261 days ago
There's a funny paradox-like situation that arises in space flight where because of the distances involved/ time taken, it might be better to wait some time for a faster method of flight to develop. Of course, it is up for debate whether there are many more ways of propulsion that are yet to be invented.
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For anyone interested, this is called the wait calculation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstellar_travel#Wait_calcu...

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