Humans in deep space? Doubt it.

[Dagosa]

I know but the last 150 years humans have mastered electricity, understanded relativity and hsve excellent depth in QM

We haven’t mastered electricity by any means.

 

[westwall]

I know but the last 150 years humans have mastered electricity, understanded relativity and hsve excellent depth in QM

Shit, we haven't mastered electricity, we still have tons to learn about it. At best we are apprentices.

We have barely touched relativity. We know very little about QM, and even less about gravity.

Until we have a very, very good level of understanding of what gravity is, not just its effects, we won't be going very far.

 

[Dagosa]

Yeah, but space is orders of magnitude more difficult.

The amount of energy needed to accelerate matter to near light speed is infinite. Only massless particles can travel at light speed.

 

[Quasar44]

Shit, we haven't mastered electricity, we still have tons to learn about it. At best we are apprentices.

We have barely touched relativity. We know very little about QM, and even less about gravity.

Until we have a very, very good level of understanding of what gravity is, not just its effects, we won't be going very far.

Maybe AI can figure it out next century

Good points

 

[Dagosa]

Plenty of Star systems with earth planets within 10-50 light years!! You would first send nano bots at near light speed to investigate

The time intelligent life exists on our planet is but a very small portion of its total existence . Even if it were possible, the timing is very limited. We’ve found nothing using radio astronomy……but we’re still looking.

 

[Quasar44]

The time intelligent life exists on our planet is but a very small portion of its total instance. Even if it were possible, the timing is very limited. We’ve found nothing using radio astronomy……but we’re still looking.

It’s very rare but it has to exist based on trillions of planets

Maybe they are farther out or don’t want to be found

 

[Dagosa]

It’s very rare but it has to exist based on trillions of planets

Maybe they are farther out or don’t want to be found

Physically traveling in outer space is so beyond our present technology, we’ve essentially given up on it. It’s way too costly to move people though space. That’s why we’ve given up and more economically, send probes and use radio telescopes. Until things like “wormholes” are actually discovered and used, we’re stuck here for the foreseeable future.

 

[Dagosa]

It’s very rare but it has to exist based on trillions of planets

Maybe they are farther out or don’t want to be found

Not only space is too vast for most to comprehend, but time is as well. Put the two together and you can see how space travel to anywhere worth going to is well beyound present day technology…..we’d be better served using our intellect and resources understanding and preserving earth.

 

[Quasar44]

Not only space is too vast for most to comprehend, but time is as well. Put the two together and you can see how space travel to anywhere worth going to is well beyound present day technology…..we’d be better served using our intellect and resources understanding and preserving earth.

I mean in 100-200 years

Humans are destined for interstellar excellence
And another 150 years is a super short time

 

[longly]

Generational space travel would not be possible without some form of artificial gravity, zero gravity would destroy the human body over a period of time.

And faster than light space travel would not be possible without some type of force field to protect the spacecraft. A collision in space at the speed of light with a grain of sand would release enough energy to destroy the ship.

 

[westwall]

Maybe AI can figure it out next century

Good points

AI can only research what already is. It isn't creative on its own.

It's just really good at sifting the wheat from the chaff.

 

[Quasar44]

AI can only research what already is. It isn't creative on its own.

It's just really good at sifting the wheat from the chaff.

Yes for this century

 

[westwall]

Yes for this century

For any century.

 

[Quasar44]

For any century.

Eventually AI will be able to think and create

 

[Dagosa]

I mean in 100-200 years

Humans are destined for interstellar excellence
And another 150 years is a super short time

Why would man venture into out space with absolutely no conclusive evidence of any hospitable destination ? Space is the most inhospitable environment known. We’re watching way too many space movies. Like the movie “contact” we’ll be lucky if we ever make any contact over the next 150 years…..there is nothing going on within a distance you will not die trying to go to.

 

[Quasar44]

Why would man venture into out space with absolutely no conclusive evidence of any hospitable destination ? Space is the most inhospitable environment known. We’re watching way too many space movies. Like the movie “contact” we’ll be lucky if we ever make any contact over the next 150 years…..there is nothing going on within a distance you will not die trying to go to.

We send nano bot probes first at light speed to investigate

Maybe there is a planet like Jurassic park

 

[Quasar44]

For any century.

AI next century will dwarf humans and with Quantum computers we can unlock all the deep secrets of the universe in minutes

 

[westwall]

AI next century will dwarf humans and with Quantum computers we can unlock all the deep secrets of the universe in minutes

That's great for science fiction.

The reality is vastly different.

 

[Dagosa]

We send nano bot probes first at light speed to investigate

Maybe there is a planet like Jurassic park

Maybe you’re dreaming

 

[22lcidw]

Getting the costs down is important. Government is in the way with that scenario. And there is a curve to learning to that in a cheaper way also.