# The Great Ongoing Space Exploration Thread

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Tags:** science-math\
**Created:** [November 16, 2020, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-space-exploration-thread/925703 "2020-11-16T12:18:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-space-exploration-thread/925703/2346 "2026-01-16T06:15:20Z")

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> [@xtenkfarpl](#):
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> OH, there’s an SF story using that idea! What was it?

This one?

> [@Have we reached the point when it is kooky to not believe in massive amounts of intelligent life having evolved throughout the universe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-reached-the-point-when-it-is-kooky-to-not-believe-in-massive-amounts-of-intelligent-life-having-evolved-throughout-the-universe/969972/416):
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> In the David Brin short story Crystal Spheres, it turned out that multiple advanced civilizations were using black hole time dilation to reach the future where there’d be more advanced civilizations. None of them wanted to be the burned-out, jaded “ancient precursors”.

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