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Re: Interstellar space travel prediction needs comparable advances in all areas

studentofphysics — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:27:33 -0000

SPACE-TIME CONSIDERATION 2009-
A suitable destination in-space (galaxy) similar to that of the milky-way galaxy would have to be found. Where a possible and probable livable planet similar to earth which could sustain the occupants of that spacecraft., assuming that the mission would be at all possible. The propulsion system design would have to be advanced and revolutionary beyond any current design concept ever achieved on this earth., up until 1969 Saturn booster rockets of the design that were capable of landing a man on earths moon would have to be improved on by about 1000 per cent in my opinion. Where in the universe would that destination be? Once a suitable destination could be conceived of which could be designated at over 80-85 per cent certain then designing the spaceship to go there and the time-line requirement to achieve that would then have to be considered. The question is time.

Re: Interstellar space travel prediction needs comparable advances in all areas

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Re: Interstellar space travel prediction needs comparable advances in all areas

johnjonatan — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:54:02 -0000

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Re: Interstellar space travel prediction needs comparable advances in all areas

smallgrassyhill — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:53:21 -0000

A multi-generational 40 year mission to the stars is perfectly practical, and indeed the time-frame for such a mission has already been reached by robotic missions that are still active. The Voyager spacecraft are still very functional, nearly that old, and have outlived their expected life times by decades. Pioneer 10 lasted 30 years.

A mission of that length with humans on board is entirely another matter....

Re: Interstellar space travel prediction needs comparable advances in all areas

DrBalthar — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:05:55 -0000

These technologies options sound to me you will need to be at least a Class I civilization which we are even in best predictions around 80-90 years away.

Re: Interstellar space travel prediction needs comparable advances in all areas

JohnHunt — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:45:11 -0000

Everything becomes a whole lot easier if we are willing to keep the craft mass down and accept a longer travel time. Longer travel times necessitates that the mission serve a preservation-of-the-human-species purpose. Low mass and long travel times means that those humans should be in the form of frozen embryos with stem cell uterus & blood, artificial gestation, and childrearing. It all gets a bit weird but closer to the technology and finances that we have now.

Re: Interstellar space travel prediction needs comparable advances in all areas

qraal — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:23:52 -0000

Makes beamed propulsion seem a much better option doesn't it?

Re: Interstellar space travel prediction needs comparable advances in all areas

Tjgreen — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:41:00 -0000

I expect to see a dramatic increase in our understanding of our universe/multiverse when CERN starts experiments on September tenth. At the very least it will show us what is or is not possible.

Re: Interstellar space travel prediction needs comparable advances in all areas

Brock — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:20:12 -0000

Futurepundit discussion of the Wired article here: http://www.futurepundit.com...

Barry a physics breakthrough on the "warp drive" front, I expect it will always be too expensive to accelerate a human body to 0.1c or faster. It's just cheaper to send an image of the mind and instructions for making a new body from local materials; sort of a von Neumann probe/Genesis Device combo.