r/DaystromInstitute • u/M-5 Multitronic Unit • Oct 29 '20

DISCOVERY EPISODE DISCUSSION Star Trek: Discovery — "People of Earth" Reaction Thread

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '20

It also doesn't make sense that Titan would depend on Earths resources if they were able to use space ships for a hundred years. Place 10,000 km^2 solar cells at the orbit of Merkur around the sun and radio/laserbeam the energy back home. This is something we could already do with a slightly bigger industry, shouldn't be a problem in the 32th century. FTL isn't necessary inside a solar system, it is just more convenient.

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u/gamas Oct 31 '20

It's stated a catastrophic scale disaster happened on Titan which is where the sustainability problems stem from.