Timeline for What is the point of Slow Zone dredges?
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| Mar 19, 2014 at 9:21 | comment | added | Michael Borgwardt | @ThatFurryWriterGuy: Investing in things that only future generations will benefit from is not that uncommon even today, and certainly not seen as a waste. | |
| Mar 18, 2014 at 19:53 | comment | added | Dan Pichelman | Perhaps it's a way of "paying it forward"? Reap the benefits of a dredge sent out by your ancestors, launch another one to benefit your descendants? Sort of like planting a new redwood tree after cutting down an old one. | |
| Mar 18, 2014 at 19:48 | comment | added | Beofett | Some races live longer than others, and while I doubt any live long enough to send a dredge out and see it return, some cultures might see it as an investment in future generations. Others might be doing it more out of "humanitarian" (or whatever word applies to a multitude of alien species) reasons. Either of these would certainly justify calling it a bit "weird", though. | |
| Mar 18, 2014 at 19:42 | comment | added | That Furry Writer Guy | Well, that makes sense, but the problem is, for the people who sent the dredge out, that they will never gain anything from it, considering it takes so bloody long for the ship to go through the slowness. They're pretty much wasting funds on a project that wont help them. Aren't they? | |
| Mar 18, 2014 at 19:40 | history | answered | Beofett | CC BY-SA 3.0 |