The sun's power is fusion, not fission.

@xeno

Again, your own link on antihydrogen cited a requirement of uranium... An insanely rare resource.

Hydrogen fission?  Errr...

Okay, let's start from the top.

Energy?

None of us are questioning whether a writer could conceptualize the idea of a self-sustaining spaceship.

You specifically alleged that this was possible with current technology.  Reading your post... that hasn't been shown at all (aside from the nuclear propulsion system... oh come on, nobody's yelling about this one?!?).

What you've addressed so far is possibly the easiest part (well, except for the whole "we're going to detonate dozens of nuclear warheads to launch stuff into space" thing, but that includes an insane can of worms being opened up).

Xeno, a basic philosophical question for you!

If a population votes to permanently remove the right to vote, is it antidemocratic to ignore the result of that vote?

Another stupid fish...

So what you're saying is that "morality" exists, but is essentially a utilitarian calculus?

Okay, then I'm going to protest this question because there's no such thing as a human with which this is testable.

Determining whether a human is "inherently good" or "inherently evil" is asking whether or not a person, without the influence of outside forces, would independently choose good or evil actions.  However, whether by laws, social stigma, or teachings of morality, those influences are a constant.  Even if you assume someone who's living in the jungle, that person will be shaped by their parental heritages.

So what if we pretended a person didn't have that parental heritage to fall back on?  That person wouldn't survive, and thus you have no test case.  Unlike reptiles, mammals require the link to their parents in order to survive.

In short, this is sort of like asking what's outside the universe.  Even if there's a discussion to be had, it's not one that any of us are educated enough to engage in because the circumstances required for it to be a legitimate thing are beyond observation.

*glares at Flint and xeno*

Please don't make me have to actually do my job, guys.  Not that I have a problem with the discussion going on, but try and keep it civil with one another.  Yes, that includes poo-flinging too, particularly when your aim is terrible enough to where hurling a semi-solid pile of matter is likely to result in portions breaking off from the larger mass and hitting random forum moderators who just happened to be standing around at the time!  X(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0nERTFo-Sk

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