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The Far, Far Future

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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June 27, 2014
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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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