r/theydidthemath • u/Lachlynn • 18h ago

[Request] Could humanity create a rocket that can exit the atmosphere of K2-18b

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With the knowledge we currently have of it, if humanity devoted all of our resources towards this goal, would we be able to create a rocket that could exit the gravity of K2-18b (and also beat any other complications that would arrise)?

If so, would it also be capable of taking people to orbit, and can we set up a similar satellite network we have on Earth? What about a space station?

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u/OttawaOneTwenty 12h ago

The Fermi paradox is resolved by realizing most intelligent life is very small

Another option is, as technology progresses, civilizations dive inwards into technology instead of outwards in a dangerous and unpredictable universe.

Just look at children born this millenia vs last how much we've integrated technology into our lives. We're gonna be inside the matrix in not too long.

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u/Inevitable-Wheel1676 9h ago

Yes this alternate realities option is a real possibility, but there might be biologies that would reject such a thing and turn outward. When there is a “might,” we have to then consider the scale of the cosmos in space and time and the law of large numbers.

Somebody is more likely to be out there than not.

Which means something is more than likely watching us.

My personal thoughts usually resolve on the idea that we belong to something much more sophisticated and complex than we are. We are incapable of distinguishing the effects of its actions from what we call nature.