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LongTomH

(8,636 posts) Mon Dec 21, 2015, 03:45 PM Dec 2015

Is interstellar travel possible? [View all]

So many people on this forum believe that the great distance between the stars will always make travel between them impossible; but, a lot of people are disagreeing.

For more ideas, check out Icarus Interstellar.

Edited to add: Here are more cool pics of the IXS Enterprise starship shown in the second video.

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Is interstellar travel possible? [View all] LongTomH Dec 2015 OP

Very, very interesting. SheilaT Dec 2015 #1

I suspect that most would say it's not impossible. Igel Dec 2015 #2

I really like the generational ship idea SoLeftIAmRight Dec 2015 #14

I don't - I think humans will conquer death from aging. Then a slow ship is possible without requiri MillennialDem Dec 2015 #19

Most likely any society that can create a generational ship... won't Johonny Dec 2015 #23

My two cents. Half-Century Man Dec 2015 #3

One more name SCantiGOP Jan 2016 #36

Most assuredly Half-Century Man Jan 2016 #37

I wasn't criticizing your list SCantiGOP Jan 2016 #38

I didn't read your post as a critique. Half-Century Man Jan 2016 #39

Interstellar travel Fluothane Dec 2015 #4

TheSun will wipe out life on Earth in about 1 billion years. longship Dec 2015 #5

Plenty of time to move the planet to a more distant orbit Fumesucker Dec 2015 #8

That would work! longship Dec 2015 #10

temp fix at best qazplm Dec 2015 #17

How would 0.4c make it easy to hop from star system to star system? That's still 10 years to alpha MillennialDem Dec 2015 #22

Yes, but I suspect that few are doing it, if anybody. longship Dec 2015 #6

Alcubierre drive bypasses classical mechanics concerns... samson212 Dec 2015 #7

No thrust means no movement. longship Dec 2015 #9

actually by altering the geometry qazplm Dec 2015 #18

No thrust == no space travel. longship Dec 2015 #12

I'll wait and see what they figure out is making the em drive work Warpy Jan 2016 #26

No thrust? No go! longship Jan 2016 #27

NASA has determined it does produce thrust Warpy Jan 2016 #29

Well, here's what physicists are saying. longship Jan 2016 #31

A 'Star Trek wet dream'? LongTomH Dec 2015 #11

How long do you got SoLeftIAmRight Dec 2015 #13

I believe it is Marrah_G Dec 2015 #15

I believe it is, but I think humans conquering death from aging is a much easier nut to crack than MillennialDem Dec 2015 #20

while I think FTL travel qazplm Jan 2016 #25

Bookmarked. Thanks, LongTomH. n/t bvf Dec 2015 #16

Assuming any mission will take multiple generations goldent Dec 2015 #21

Yes and its myopic, dogmatic, parochial to say we won't Ichingcarpenter Dec 2015 #24

I hope so. I want off this rock. Nailzberg Jan 2016 #28

Physicist son says that we are probably SheilaT Jan 2016 #30

The human body is mechanically frail. ladjf Jan 2016 #32

Doesn't mitigate the other challenges getting old in mke Jan 2016 #33

Thanks for the calculation. I was guessing that it would have taken longer than that. nt ladjf Jan 2016 #34

A First Real-World ''Interstellar'' Wormhole? Octafish Jan 2016 #35

Greg Meholic Advanced Space Propulsion Concepts for Interstellar Travel Ichingcarpenter Jan 2016 #40