Space stuff...

[Highway Man]

More tech doesn't necessarily equate to better.

I would prefer it in a space capsule tbh..

 

[warey4life]

Do you think they will be able to modify humans or alter the laws of physics before the human race dies out, in order to travel to the nearest star?

Human beings will not be able to travel those distances. Not even close.

They've done it in Star Trek.

 

[Koolpc]

Fot the Moon.

That's what people said in 1900!!

Mars? Forget it, both in monetary and in tech terms.

 

[noseall]

They've done it in Star Trek.

Yes. With Vulcan tech.

 

[Koolpc]

Yes. With Vulcan tech.

And cloaking!

 

[morqthana]

"test"

In other words, NASA are not currently confident that they could safely land humans on the moon.

The second does not follow from the first. Given that it's been done before, they could have every confidence, and every justification for saying, that it could be done again and yet still want to test all the elements of a brand new system for safely delivering and retrieving people to and from the moon.

You expect tests to succeed, not fail.

The mechanics and logistics of people going to Mars and back are known. Whether solutions to the mechanical and logistical problems are well formed enough to have the same level of confidence, I don't know.

 

[noseall]

That's what people said in 1900!!

And 70 years later even after travelling to the Moon.

And 50 years after that.

Some things will alter and change, some quicker than others. The ability to travel great distances in space won't. It's far to hostile and humans are far too fragile.

 

[Koolpc]

And 70 years later even after travelling to the Moon.

And 50 years after that.

Some things will alter and change. some quicker than others. The ability to travel great distances in space won't.

Well, I am more optimistic regarding that. Great strides in technology. That's what we need...

 

[pete01]

We will definitely get man on mars....always listen to Pete01, number 1 poster for comedy and factual information.

Wise up(TM)

 

[noseall]

Great strides in technology. That's what we need...

We need to change the laws of physics and biologically alter humans too.

 

[morqthana]

AI, but to what extent "slop" I don't know

 

[IT Minion]

Interstellar travel for humanity is in theory possible, eg. Generation ships. But it's so far off being practical it's science fiction more than reality. Mars landings are just engineering and money.

 

[Brigadier]

The second does not follow from the first. Given that it's been done before, they could have every confidence, and every justification for saying, that it could be done again and yet still want to test all the elements of a brand new system for safely delivering and retrieving people to and from the moon.

You expect tests to succeed, not fail.

The mechanics and logistics of people going to Mars and back are known. Whether solutions to the mechanical and logistical problems are well formed enough to have the same level of confidence, I don't know.

We'll, that's me convinced now.


When shall I plan on watching the live stream of the crewed Mars landing then?

 

[pete01]

We'll, that's me convinced now.


When shall I plan on watching the live stream of the crewed Mars landing then?

2050

 

[Brigadier]

Interstellar travel for humanity is in theory possible, eg. Generation ships. But it's so far off being practical it's science fiction more than reality. Mars landings are just engineering and money.

".... just...." is doing an enormous amount of heavy lifting there.