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Posted on 4/8/14 at 11:15 am to Mizzoufan26
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So to them it would seem to be instant?
Depending on the distance of the trip and the acceleration of the vessel, yes.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 11:16 am to Mahootney
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As soon as you believe that you are smart enough to have it all figured out, you eliminate the possibility of discovery outside of your focused perspective (B/c you eliminate other options with your own prejudices).
I agree 100%. I love these discussions.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 11:17 am to Napoleon
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Your opinion is it's impossible, my opinion is it's only impossible based on our current understanding of the laws of physics.
And yet you attack me for me being certain of my opinion when you're just a certain of yours.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 11:17 am to Ace Midnight
quote:Even this science has been changing/developing recently in regards to the event horizon and the conservation of information.
we know more about what's going on around the "black holes" than the phenomena themselves.
LINK - This is a very basic explanation of Hawking's latest work.
quote:In order to control it, we have to understand it first.
I predict, is some kind of engineered control over mass and gravity
Some of the ion drive experiements I've seen look promising in being able to approach light speed, but the bigger issue would be avoiding particle collisions in space.... even minute matter at that speed would do serious damage to the space vessel.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 11:20 am to notsince98
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there is obviously a solution to this problem and it is probably a more elegant design than just pushing an object to the speed of light.
Instead of pushing... try pulling.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 11:20 am to OMLandshark
Pretty sure people wouldnt survive the radiation dose from a round trip. There was talk of using water for shielding.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 11:20 am to Napoleon
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Your opinion is it's impossible, my opinion is it's only impossible based on our current understanding of the laws of physics.
I agree with this and it was one of the main points in my OP. I believe that we very well could be able to discover the means to travel throughout the universe if time were not a limiting factor. Do you believe we will have the time to master interstellar travel? Solid points have been made on both sides already in this thread. We all know that this is not possible now and that time is the one commodity necessary in order for this to become a possibility.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 11:24 am to GeauxTigerTM
Agree with Op. Faster than speed of light travel may not even be possible. Distances are too great and our life times too short.
Lots of life exists on lots of planets outside our solar system but doubt we ever visit it/them.
Lots of life exists on lots of planets outside our solar system but doubt we ever visit it/them.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 11:26 am to PacLSU
quote:I've never been to outerspace. So, I have no direct experience.
Wait, what?
I don't know if they mean that the sun is just a yellow ball (or a white one), that it doesn't glow, or that it's not there.
Tons of explanations can be made... like the lack of matter to seperate the particles into a visible spectrum.
Everyone here on Earth "assumes" stuff.
Oh... of course the earth is flat.... etc.
I've read several theories that the sun is actually not visible to the astronauts in space.
Now, whether they are true or not... I can't say, b/c I've never been outside earth's atmosphere.
But that would be some shite hunh?
Posted on 4/8/14 at 11:30 am to Tiger n Miami AU83
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Agree with Op. Faster than speed of light travel may not even be possible. Distances are too great and our life times too short.
Lots of life exists on lots of planets outside our solar system but doubt we ever visit it/them.
We've already theorized a way to make it happen, but its reality exceeds both our understanding, our mathematics, and our ability.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 11:31 am to Darth_Vader
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And yet you attack me for me being certain of my opinion when you're just a certain of yours.
You love to play victim, for sure. But no attacks. Just pointing out that there are people who believe we will be able to warp the fabric of space and time.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 11:33 am to Napoleon
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there are people who believe we will be able to warp the fabric of space and time.
All you need are some bitcoins.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 11:33 am to Tiger n Miami AU83
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Distances are too great and our life times too short.
I used to love that show Star Gate. If only.
I wonder if controlled wormholes are possible? Not with current tech, but in the realm of the universe.
Though I kind of like being alone, I feel like a species more advanced than us, would be like when the Spanish landed on the Indians.
Can't see how they would be good, unless it was the Vulcans
(or preferably the Asgard) Posted on 4/8/14 at 11:40 am to Mahootney
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I've read several theories that the sun is actually not visible to the astronauts in space.
Well then, what is the big glowing ball that astronauts take pictures of with sunspots on it? They do this pretty routinely. NASA has Sun-observing satellites also.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 11:40 am to DanTiger
do you wear trillbys?
Posted on 4/8/14 at 11:42 am to Mahootney
I know about the theory. And the drive and bending or folding space and so forth. It is just a theory though.
Not to mention potential problems with objects large and small between here and there that could wreck the ship moving through the space.
Not to mention potential problems with objects large and small between here and there that could wreck the ship moving through the space.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 11:43 am to Tiger n Miami AU83
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Not to mention potential problems with objects large and small between here and there that could wreck the ship moving through the space.
Another solid point.
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