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orbat · 1261 days ago · link · · parent · post: Australian National University researchers light up our pathway to another planetary system in major scientific breakthrough
Although I'd note that this assumes similar economic systems and motives to us 20th century humansI imagine sending probes to investigate neighbouring star systems would be exciting the first dozen or so times, but then there's ever-increasing costs and time-frames, while the public interest wanes and scientists see diminishing returns. At some point, funding for the project stops, and so do the probes.