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Life After People scenario isn't totally unlikely on Planet Earth, and it is doubtful that if Homo sapiens can outlive Homo erectus as a species. Afterall, environmentalism is about saving humanity rather than the planet; the planet can exist well without Homo sapiens.

Perhaps the doom of a faraway star?

One goal of transhumanism is breaking confinement to Planet Earth, and a few things stand in the way: Our immediate neighbourhood is mostly uninhabitable: Venus, Mars, and the Moon are not viable options for settlements. Even much of the Solar System is uninhabitable; Ganymede, Callisto...

I watched it in a theatre and I thought it was quite horrible due to such anachronism without time traveling.

Fact: https://data.footprintnetwork.org/#/??_ga=2.34443041.166881082.1623565243-2128709763.1623565243 Checking beyond the indexes is a must. Due to dependence on oil and gas and desalination, the Middle East generally has major ecological deficits. China can probably decrease its...

Should we track why are ecological footprints per capital significantly higher in Qitar, Luxembourg, Canada then in China?

The problem is: per capita footprints are much greater in developed countries, UAE and Qitar. China can have lower ecological footprint per capita, still.

The moment when attempts to find extrasolar planets began.

Crest of the Stars and Banner of the Stars, and the novel is not quite finished.

I recall that Liu Cixin included the hibernation technology in his Three Body Problems series.

Kalimba anyone?

One of the suggestion is long term hibernation during space travel, in which a person will emerge fresh and relatively unchanged after the travel.

With existing resources, even one Iserlohn Fortress in LOGH will be extremely unlikely and difficult.

All the epubs and mobis (mobis are better, I prefer Kindle over Kobo) available, and electricity.

We currently name planets with Greek and Roman deities; in Legend of Galactic Heroes, the founders of Free Planets Alliance and Norse deities were used in naming planets.