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Horses are too big to space travel practically. Humanity should use breeding and/ or genetic engineering to make very tiny horses that are better suited to long term life in spacecrafts.

Posted by I_might_be_weasel@reddit | CrazyIdeas | View on Reddit | 39 comments

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EarthTrash@reddit

Did you just invent ponies.
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Leather-Account8560@reddit

But why though lol they serve no use currently and will be even less in space
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I_might_be_weasel@reddit (OP)

Wondering why we would do this never occurred to me.
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Leather-Account8560@reddit

Fair response
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sillybilly8102@reddit

Agreed. But be careful what you wish for. 1: https://youtu.be/z53ZoWGZtyw?si=1neaOEcRt0fSQtP- 2: https://youtu.be/1zoveF6y5tQ?si=O3tV2lp1plt_Nohe
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I_might_be_weasel@reddit (OP)

Oh, that's nothing. I assumed you were going to link fluffy content.
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darksoulsismylife@reddit

And what practical reason do we actually have for having horses in space again? I mean I can totally understand making miniature giant space hamsters, for Minsc, but tiny horses when we don't even ride horses anymore seems a little silly.
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The_Bjorn_Ultimatum@reddit

What do you think the term "space race" means.
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Graega@reddit

You'll never make a space cowboy with that attitude. Someday, you might have an enormous enemy warship, and you want to ride your horse down it so you can... I don't even remember what they were doing, honestly. But you won't be able to do THAT without a space-horse!
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darksoulsismylife@reddit

But that means we have to make miniature cowboys to ride the miniature horses... Unless you're planning on sending kids to fight our battles. And that just brings up a whole different can of worms about having to clone all these little kids. We should stick with the miniature giant space hamsters.
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liberal_texan@reddit

There’s no gravity in space, I can ride my tiny horse if I want to. Or more accurately, float into battle while it kicks its tiny legs wildly.
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Graega@reddit

Nah, just adopt a few dozen kids from the orphanarium. As long as you don't do something dumb, like try to reclassify them as livestock, you've got as many miniature cavalry as you need!
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darksoulsismylife@reddit

I completely forgot about the orphanarium lol
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lawpoop@reddit

/r/lostredditors
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I_might_be_weasel@reddit (OP)

Who said the horses had a practical purpose.
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Gubbtratt1@reddit

A miniature horse can't support the weight of a human. The fact that we don't ride horses anymore is the whole reason this project is possible.
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Waste-Menu-1910@reddit

Without horses we'll have nothing to spend. https://youtu.be/scrU2FqlPpk?si=H_KzHjsh3-GZzt-c
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darksoulsismylife@reddit

Keep the ponies I want that man's hat
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saxonanglo@reddit

Bumblebee humming bird size.
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I_might_be_weasel@reddit (OP)

Honestly, giant football sized bumblebees would be adorable. I'd totally buy one.
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saxonanglo@reddit

Definitely, on earth, though. I'd race them, and every loser jockey gets eaten, just to keep it well whatever it is. I also have one for sale as it happens. Honest John is my name
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TheRealBingBing@reddit

Mini horses already exist. Also transportation of large animals for space colonies in the future would probably be best done with preserved embryo and artificial wombs.
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I_might_be_weasel@reddit (OP)

I never said the horses ever had any sort of purpose.
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litux@reddit

I guess that horses might be useful on Earth-like planets with an atmosphere...  But very tiny horses? What work can they do?
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I_might_be_weasel@reddit (OP)

Tiny work.
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R0rschach1@reddit

We have them, they're called Donkeys. They have been Humanities partner in crime for Millennia.
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I_might_be_weasel@reddit (OP)

They need to be smaller than that.
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AwesomeHorses@reddit

Miniature horses already exist
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I_might_be_weasel@reddit (OP)

That's too big.
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kogohar@reddit

Not in space.
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Mondai_May@reddit

then let's make it happen the night is young
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lordwafflesbane@reddit

we should keep making them smaller
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XROOR@reddit

If you focus on modular centaurs, this issue can be quickly resolved
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Riley__64@reddit

Why’re we transporting horses to space? Looking at humanity’s track record of sending animals into space it usually doesn’t end too well for the animal
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AddictedToRugs@reddit

Agreed. This idea seems fine.  No notes.
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lfrtsa@reddit

By that time we will be able to just bring frozen horse embryos and then develop them in an artificial womb. That is, if people ever want to transport horses to space.
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Turbulent-Name-8349@reddit

An entire copy of Earth's biosphere can be carried frozen as fertilized ova and/or stem cells in a total payload mass of 1 kg. Just make sure to carry an artificial placenta along.
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chickey23@reddit

So, space land seahorses?
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New-Number-7810@reddit

Just make bigger spaceships.
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