For millennia we’ve gazed upon the stars, thinking of what could be out there, and if we could reach them. Could we ever colonize the universe?
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:: Sources ::
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An Architecture for Self-Replicating Lunar Factories, Gregory S. Chirikjian, Johns Hopkins University, 2004. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/...
Eternity in six hours: intergalactic spreading of intelligent life and sharpening the Fermi paradox, Stuart Armstrong, Anders Sandberg, Oxford University, 2013 http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/up...
Kinematic Self-Replicating Machines, Robert A. Freitas Jr. and Ralph C. Merkle, Institute for Molecular Manufacturing, 2004 https://vk.com/doc-23544409_10159772?...
Homogeneous cosmology with aggressively expanding civilizations, S. Jay Olson, Boise State University http://arxiv.org/abs/1411.4359
Simulations of Magnetic Shields for Spacecraft, Thayer School of Engineering http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/~d76...