We are not going to be doing any interstellar space travel

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@mistymage

I’ll throw my 2 cubic zircons into this zombie thread: assuming we figure a way to propel ourselves across the vast distances (using robots, harvesting comets, or anti-matter whatever)… I think I read something about using water to shield/diffuse radiation.

**My “big” contribution to this thread: we grow ships. We are on the threshold of growing skin, organs etc. A ship that can regrow its skin could have a mile deep skin that continuously regrows itself as teeny sand-like bits of matter wear them down. Throw in non-skin layers. Bigger holes would be first closed over with a “scab” and then filled in over time. **

We just have to figure out a way to convert common asteroid/comets/space debris into a layer between the “skin”.

That may be one way to deal with radiation and space debris. Using a organic spaceship.