Would a ship filled with posthuman, maybe postbiological entities count as “our” ship? Given that we can’t even convince people to commit serious time and resources to work on the problem of asteroid deflection, what are the chances that some day people are going to dedicate themselves to the monumental task of creating a Frankenstein species and sending it to another planet they themselves will never see or hear from? And what are the ethics of creating entirely new life forms to ship off to a hostile planet that may wipe them all out entirely?
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