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by logfromblammo
4228 days ago
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The short answer is no. Space is really, really, really, really big. Tourism usually requires that you be alive when you finally get there. At that scale, if you chose to visit even the closest galaxy to ours, not only will you be long dead and thoroughly recycled when your vessel arrives, but the passengers that disembark to snap a group photo might not even be considered Homo sapiens any more. That kind of commitment can only come from existential necessity. Any visitors to a galaxy that came from outside of one would undoubtedly have a technology that allows travel without actually traversing the intervening distance. |
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Imagine an alien lifeform with an average lifespan of several million years, perhaps the size of a mouse (not much mass) and with extremely slow metabolism (not much supplies needed for travel). For them, traveling to a nearby galaxy at relativistic speeds (only a few years from the traveler's perspective) might be seen as little more than a nice long vacation. Sure, a dozen lifespans might have passed by the time they get home, but maybe they don't care because they don't have children like we do and their civilization doesn't change much. "They released the Galaxy S9 already? That's crazy! Three new models in a billennium!"
You don't even need FTL transportation if you can afford to spend a few eons strapped to a seat.