Colonising space is a lot harder than, say, colonising Pacific islands. Even though in space you know where you’re going and (more or less) what you’ll find when you get there.

Originally shared by Winchell Chung

David Fickling tweeted:

Here’s a thread about how Polynesian war canoes prove that humans are never going to colonize space in any foreseeable future…

https://twitter.com/davidfickling/status/1024923442594738176