Yeah that’s what I assumed the rationale was.
Oh, interesting, hadn’t thought of this. Yeah, it depends on the returns to a few thousand years of R&D. And it’d often be better to spend your resources launching probes first then do the R&D later, when you have lower opportunity cost.
Okay, this is now the official explanation.
Yeah that’s what I assumed the rationale was.
Oh, interesting, hadn’t thought of this. Yeah, it depends on the returns to a few thousand years of R&D. And it’d often be better to spend your resources launching probes first then do the R&D later, when you have lower opportunity cost.
Okay, this is now the official explanation.