[ExI] Monkeys in Space

[Adrian Tymes]

On Wed, Apr 1, 2026 at 6:49 AM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> Large-scale space colonisation is not going to happen quickly (or perhaps at all) with biological humans, but with uploads, it could happen in a much shorter time. We're probably talking about months or years vs. decades or centuries.

Even uploads have to wait for the hardware to travel, and even uploads
would have multiple stages of "scout hardware arrives first, surveys,
transmits results back, if they're good then first colonization
hardware is launched, eventually upgrade hardware is launched".  Being
non-biological might reduce the amount at later stages, but not the
need for multiple waves - and low-thrust travel will always be more
efficient, so the fact that uploads can tolerate higher Gs won't
eliminate low-thrust trips.  It'll be decades or centuries still, even
if perfect mind uploading was invented tomorrow.