Humans will not colonize (any more of) the galaxy.
Our machine successors might. Or, might not see any reason to. Hot, rocky planets deep in gravity wells will in any case be of no more than academic interest.
Our machine successors might. Or, might not see any reason to. Hot, rocky planets deep in gravity wells will in any case be of no more than academic interest.
And life that exists deep in gravity wells would be very interesting indeed.
Are there other known natural systems that push and mix pre-life molecules together?
Slarti: "Look at them, it makes no sense to me. They always go for the hot, rocky planets deep in gravity wells. Why do they do it?!"
Barti: "I guess there's no accounting for taste."
Slarti: "Maybe they want to avoid competition... no one is going to come there looking for resources."
Barti: "But they had to drain an Oorth cloud for fusion power to get there! You are right, it makes no sense!"