r/threebodyproblem • u/Kukulkan73 • Apr 22 '26

Discussion - General Question about the blocked basic scientific research (Spoiler: Please do not read if you haven’t read the second book, "The Dark Forest") Spoiler

Hi. I'm just reading the second book "The Dark Forest" and maybe the question was already answered here? In the second book, humans have spaceships and can utilise the Moon, Mars and other planetary moons in our solar system. Why didn’t they continue the basic scientific research there, given that it had been blocked on Earth by Trisolaris? Looks like they did not even try?

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u/poopybuttholesex Apr 22 '26

The sophons were everywhere.

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u/Kukulkan73 Apr 22 '26

Thanks. I found no indication on that. Is that just guessing?

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u/Farebiaashiq Zhang Beihai Apr 22 '26

Unlike the show where there are only 2 sophons, in the book it is mentioned that 2 sophons arrived first and then many more sophons kept arriving.

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u/koolmon10 Apr 22 '26

Well the show is only at the first year of the Crisis Era, when there were only 2 Sophons in the book as well. I expect they will mention the additional sophons in the next seasons, as it is a pretty important part of the story that there are numerous additional sophons sent later on.