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Many things can happen a long the way of even the most sophisticated explorers. What if in only 5000 years humans find a way to separate consciousness from the body? What if humans in 10,000 years live in a digital world of wonders in some kind of supercomputer orbiting Neptune, in safe distance when Sol goes nova?
Sure, at some point, something or someone from Earth will fly to the stars, but it won't be us.