In the "Coral Model" of Galactic Colonization, If We Assume

question 35

Multiple Choice

In the "Coral Model" of galactic colonization, if we assume that colonizing ships can travel at a few percent of the speed of light, then we might expect all of the habitable planets in the galaxy to be colonized within a few

• A) tens of billions of years
• B) billion of years
• C) hundred thousand years
• D) tens of millions of years

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