The Far, Far Future

What is our future, as a species, as a solar system, as a universe? Let's explore.

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1. The Far, Far Future
   Bradley Grzesiak
   BendyConf 4ish
   

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4. Carl Sagan
   Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
   1994
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5. Carl Sagan
   Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
   1994
   qquern.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/pale-blue-dot.jpg
   

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9. Image courtesy of NASA
   

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11. Lockheed Martin
    Boeing
    United Space Alliance
    

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12. Lockheed Martin
    Boeing
    United Space Alliance
    SpaceX
    Armadillo Aerospace
    Virgin Galactic
    Sierra Nevada Corp
    

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13. The Far, Far Future
    

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14. The Far, Far Future
    • Distance
    

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15. The Far, Far Future
    • Distance
    • Energy
    

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16. The Far, Far Future
    • Distance
    • Energy
    • Time
    

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17. Distance
    

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19. 1 AU == 1 centimeter
    

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20. 1 AU == 1 centimeter
    Light: 8 minutes
    

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21. 1 AU == 1 centimeter
    Light: 8 minutes
    Helios: 24 days
    

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22. 1 AU == 1 centimeter
    Light: 8 minutes
    Helios: 24 days
    New Horizons: 106 days
    

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24. Proxima Centauri
    

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25. Proxima Centauri
    LESS THAN OPTIMAL
    

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26. Parabola
    

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27. Stanislaw Ulam
    

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28. Project Orion
    

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30. Image courtesy of NASA
    

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31. Rocket Equation
    

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32. Fusion Ramjet
    

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33. Douglas Adams
    

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34. Observable Universe
    

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35. Energy
    

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36. Joules & Watts
    

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37. Joule == Energy
    

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38. Watt == Energy / Time
    

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39. 15,000,000,000,000 Watts
    

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40. Kardashev Scale
    

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41. Kardashev Scale
    

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42. Kardashev Scale
    • Type I
    

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43. Kardashev Scale
    • Type I
    • Type II
    

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44. Kardashev Scale
    • Type I
    • Type II
    • Type III
    

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45. Type I
    

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46. 170 quadrillion watts
    

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47. Type II
    

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48. 400 trillion trillion watts
    

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49. Type III
    

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50. Time
    

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51. The Earth’s Far, Far Future
    

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52. 3 Laws of Thermodynamics
    

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53. Entropy
    

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54. Heat Death of the Universe
    

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57. Carl Sagan
    Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
    

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58. Carl Sagan
    Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
    

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59. Thank You
    

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