NASA: All hope is gone, were f*cked
He's right. If we work on the problems we have now we can do it....though I must say it is a very slim chance given the fact that there's just too much diversity to come to a consensus. If you guys ever get a chance check out Plan B 3.0. You can google it and get a free copy (legally). In any case our only chance of reaching the stars is by moving to a new planet....Mar's could be a good choice. Adding certain elements from Earth into what is already on Mar's could re-establish itself so that it could once again sustain life. But that's not happening any time soon so thats a big problem. But in any case whoever thinks there was ever a chance of reaching distant stars by simply moving really fast is terribly mistaken. Space is just too big to move around on a rocket. We need to really think outside of the box and figure out a way to bend space and time. Once we do that the sky's the limit.
NASA: All hope is gone, were f*cked
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Originally Posted by Esoteric416
American technology?
No offense intended Rebgirl, but thats too narrow-minded. This whole thing should be a global concept because it's a global problem. If we as a species just hang out on earth for too long we'll all eventually die from who knows what kind of astonomical event.
Since we are talking about the future of the species it is the resources of the entire species that should be utilized.
I realize that the idea of a truly international research team for interstelar travel probably isnt feisable right now but hopefully in the not too distant future we can pull our collective head out of our collective ass and get together on the important issues.
Like this one. :D
It's not narrow minded, I know other countries all work together, like on the space station, and it all turns out just dandy. Everything in your post was complete common sense. I just feel like America has the resources and cash to really continue on being the best when it comes to these sort of things. But mind you I realize that Japan is just as fantastic, they built a whole new lab for the space station and it's really nifty. You can't do such a HUGE project alone :)
NASA: All hope is gone, were f*cked
Is this really news? I thought they decided along time ago that conventional rocket power would never work and that only worm holes or something along those lines would work! Proxima Centauri at 4.21 Light Years meaning that even if we traveled at the speed of light its an 8.5 year round trip!
but I completely agree with the "lets work on our home first" mantra. What a stupid American consumerism way to look at life.... no big deal if we F this planet up, we can buy another cheap version from the Chinese right?
NASA: All hope is gone, were f*cked
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Originally Posted by Dream of the iris
We need to really think outside of the box and figure out a way to bend space and time. Once we do that the sky's the limit.
Indiadaily.com - UFO Propulsion System - Bending time and space
The above article gives information about the theory of bending space and time; that's some crazy theoretical shit. Moving from point A to point B isn't the fastest way to move, moving point A and point B themselves so that their distance is 0 is.
NASA: All hope is gone, were f*cked
they are just narrow minded, imo.
the world was flat a few hundred years ago as well.
NASA: All hope is gone, were f*cked
I belive all of this is not so far away. in fact I belive that many things in discussion have been in reality for a very , very , very long time now.
NASA: All hope is gone, were f*cked
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Originally Posted by theforthdrive
Is this really news? I thought they decided along time ago that conventional rocket power would never work and that only worm holes or something along those lines would work! Proxima Centauri at 4.21 Light Years meaning that even if we traveled at the speed of light its an 8.5 year round trip!
My thoughts exactly... the magnitude of the astronomic measures is SO huge that our minds just cant process them meaningfully at all... Proxima Centauri, the NEAREST star (besides the sun) is at only 25,000,000,000,000 miles from here...
For making a comparation... if the Earth were a marble with 1/2 inch of diameter, this Proxima Centauri would be some 25,000 miles from it... (which coincidently is the distance one must travel to make an entire circle around the world). And the fastest rocket we have would be moving at about 4 inches per hour... which is far less than a snails speed... so imagine a snail trying to travel around the world... it is the equivalent of we humans trying to reach, using rockets, Proxima Centauri...
NASA: All hope is gone, were f*cked
i honestly believe that no matter what we do on earth to "fix" the problems eventually the population will grow beyond control, due to advances in medicine, and we as a species will be forced to search for other planets/moons to inhabit. but before all of that happpens i think that the private sector will already be "harvesting" materials from extraterrestrial sources......my guess is that by 2050 we will have humans living and prospering in other worlds....but then again i expected flying cars by now:stoned:
NASA: All hope is gone, were f*cked
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Originally Posted by ldg420
i honestly believe that no matter what we do on earth to "fix" the problems eventually the population will grow beyond control, due to advances in medicine, and we as a species will be forced to search for other planets/moons to inhabit.
Well... i agree that population will grow beyond control, but i think before mankind search other planets to inhabit, parts of it (nations, races, religions, whatever) will fight among themselves to be the sole inhabitants of this earth, instead cooperate ones with the others... why to go until the moon or even further if one can go to the neighbour country/continent and take it from someone else (weaker)?
NASA: All hope is gone, were f*cked
Read the book Ishmael... all of you... it'll give you kind of a better way to voice what it is it sounds like you're trying to say. Anyway, it's a good read. :)
