Given that there are objects in space already traveling at speeds we hope to travel at, and given that those objects in a relative world are sometimes travelling even faster than the metrics we assign to them, it seems a given that we can travel those observable distances at those observable speeds. We have something to model. Just as we observed and mastered flight. We can master these systems as well. I don't think our leaps will come from theoretical science, but rather from the observable universe. We can hitch a ride. We only need to control the mechanics already in movement, redirect the engine so to speak and harness it, or we can mimic those observable engines already out there. There will be tremendous leaps in travel because it is already happening out there.
Just to be clear - this guy's theory about warp drive is built from "the mysterious happenings of the Bermuda Triangle", and apparently he's been on "Coast-to-Coast" with Art Bell. If you think that screams "real science", and someone deserving of respect don't know what to say. I have no reservations at all about making fun of that person. If that ridicule is unjustified, then no ridicule in the history of the planet has ever been justified. And one thing I think this world has too much of is coddling stupid behavior in the name of making people feel better about themselves.
Some would say the Extreme opposite it true Some would say this world is cruel and brutal which drives people to suicides and shooting up schools. . .. . *shrug* Rocket River
I disagree... eventually the public will be starving and we wont approve of billion dollar space missions any longer. This life of excess isn't sustainable. Having said all that I think all this stuff is awesome I just don't know what good it does.
Technological advancement and exploration is a necessity of life. Where would we be as a society if we just stuck to hunting and gathering? Where would we be as a society if we decided we never ventured out into the seas? Where would we be as a society if we decided air travel was impossible and not worth the hassle?
The flux capacitor is what we need. It's what makes time travel possible! Space exploration may not be in the purview of public approval in the future. Companies like Space X and other agencies that were government contractors are doing some leading work in the area of launching missions. There's always going to be interest in expanding our frontiers through space travel even if it is funded through private financiers instead of governmental support.
Neither was flight. Or the steam engine. Or fire. But they sure as hell made life easier and tasks more menial. Oh yeah and if we're talking about wasting resources we should just cut funding to all schools for sports and force everyone to become farmers.
I've actually been an anti-manned-space-flight kind of guy, but even I admit that we have to get off this planet at some point. The Earth will get roasted when the sun eventually goes through a red giant phase, and life as we understand it on Earth will end at that point. (yes, there may be many opportunities before that, but that end point is a red hot lock... which is just as certain as stone cold ones.)
Humanity will need to have advanced space capabilities to survive at some point, whether it's deflecting an asteroid, extracting resources from other planets that we've depleted from earth, or simply evacuating the planet as it becomes unfit for human life (which WILL happen). These events might not occur for hundreds, thousands or even millions of years, but we need to be ready when they do.
But that's what we are trying to prevent the depletion of our resources... Its like selling your car for gas money
The Illuminati already has a colony on Mars. Did y'all not see that photo of a coffin? <img src="http://ww4.hdnux.com/photos/33/74/65/7327087/6/622x350.jpg" width=500> see it?
I was talking about natural resources. I'm sorry man but there will always be a space program, there have been too many advancements and breakthroughs to turn back now. Even if the US stops investing in space exploration, then another country will.
There is a pretty common science fiction story theme. I'd guess you'd call it a "cautionary tale", in which all the large countries of the world run into an environmental/resource crunch and basically "turn back in on themselves", abandoning their Space Programs to concern themselves with feeding the population and taking care of the environment. Obviously these are science fiction stories, so there's always someone in or trying to get to space. But resource crunch->abandoning space is a common enough theme among science fiction authors that a bunch of them must think it is a real possibility.
