Interesting concept. But having Earth as a reference of center doesn’t make any sense in the scale of galactic empire. We are simply not at the physical center of the galaxy nor we are in the most probable way, ie, the shortest distance for delivery. It doesn’t make sense to pin the coordinates to Earth like Corusant that is near the center of galaxy and the shortest distance to major space route. And when coordinates are no longer pinned to a singular point, is also meant the end of that place’s particular importance, ie, all road leads to Rome now all road leads to Byzantium. Roman Empire essentially evolved into Byzantine Empire.
We no longer remember where we came from. The exact birthplace of human if ever exist (human actually evolved, doesn’t appear overnight), we simply forgotten that particular location and moved on. In addition, Earth is not the most advantage location to begin with. Planet has terrain constraining developments, resources that need to be mined, then there is this thing called ocean that basically covered a large portion of surface. Space on the other hand is a void, can be mended or amended, full of asteroid that can provide resources, and energy. Kardashev scale requires energy that are in space, like stars or black holes, not a planet type energy that are simply limited.
And then there is this thing called gravity. Our biological evolution been fighting it the whole time. From our moving motions to our blood circular system, the biological energy spend alone amount to a significant percentage. Then there is the energy spend on mechanical to moving goods around and to fixing things, all these energy are simply used to counter gravity. True, we could also harness gravity, but a no-gravity environment requires much less energy to produce. Moving in space only requires velocity, where as escaping gravity requires a whole lot more energy that our rockets essentially designed to counter it.
Perhaps, like Isaac Asimov, once humanity as a species been dispersed throughout galaxy, the birthplace of human will be forgotten. The overarching goal of Foundation series is to find Earth, whereas all road leads to Trantor should be written into all road leads to Earth. Perhaps, by then an old relic robot from Earth is all that is left for posterity.
Interesting concept. But having Earth as a reference of center doesn’t make any sense in the scale of galactic empire. We are simply not at the physical center of the galaxy nor we are in the most probable way, ie, the shortest distance for delivery. It doesn’t make sense to pin the coordinates to Earth like Corusant that is near the center of galaxy and the shortest distance to major space route. And when coordinates are no longer pinned to a singular point, is also meant the end of that place’s particular importance, ie, all road leads to Rome now all road leads to Byzantium. Roman Empire essentially evolved into Byzantine Empire.
We no longer remember where we came from. The exact birthplace of human if ever exist (human actually evolved, doesn’t appear overnight), we simply forgotten that particular location and moved on. In addition, Earth is not the most advantage location to begin with. Planet has terrain constraining developments, resources that need to be mined, then there is this thing called ocean that basically covered a large portion of surface. Space on the other hand is a void, can be mended or amended, full of asteroid that can provide resources, and energy. Kardashev scale requires energy that are in space, like stars or black holes, not a planet type energy that are simply limited.
And then there is this thing called gravity. Our biological evolution been fighting it the whole time. From our moving motions to our blood circular system, the biological energy spend alone amount to a significant percentage. Then there is the energy spend on mechanical to moving goods around and to fixing things, all these energy are simply used to counter gravity. True, we could also harness gravity, but a no-gravity environment requires much less energy to produce. Moving in space only requires velocity, where as escaping gravity requires a whole lot more energy that our rockets essentially designed to counter it.
Perhaps, like Isaac Asimov, once humanity as a species been dispersed throughout galaxy, the birthplace of human will be forgotten. The overarching goal of Foundation series is to find Earth, whereas all road leads to Trantor should be written into all road leads to Earth. Perhaps, by then an old relic robot from Earth is all that is left for posterity.