Space stuff...

[Koolpc]

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

I guess it depends if someone can find other ways to use time and move through space. Different dimensions even.

HighwayMan does that on his cherry picker daily!!

 

[Brigadier]

2050

Soz, but I'll be watching the Masters

 

[pete01]

Soz, but I'll be watching the Masters

Oh

 

[Highway Man]

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

Wise up(TM)

You are in serious breach of my protected status. You are number 5 on here..
Think on !!!!! [TM]

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Don't be ridiculous, demand is so high we'd be waiting until the 2040s to launch anything.

I got three here, plus two beef pies in the freezer

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

They've done it in Star Trek.

Matt Damon also did it, and survived alone for months there.

 

[pete01]

Matt Damon also did it, and survived alone for months there.

Great film....True story apparently

 

[morqthana]

We need to change the laws of physics

With technology but no physics laws changes we could get a Mars journey down to days.

Interstellar is not susceptible to mere tech.

 

[morqthana]

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

Yes, but that's the point - heavy lifting it may be, but that's all it is - just doing what we already know how to do only a lot more of it. Crucially it's not things we don't know how to do or cannot be done, like FTL, wormholes, etc.

 

[morqthana]

Great film....True story apparently

Space Pirate!

 

[Highway Man]

I can imagine in the future that scientists will be able to alter our molecular structure and possibly remove the things that enable us to live on earth with gravity, possibly removing our skeleton and replacing it with muscles that allow us to cope with weightless environments better? It may sound a bit far fetched now but who knows what will be possible in the next 50 years.

 

[Brigadier]

Yes, but that's the point - heavy lifting it may be, but that's all it is - just doing what we already know how to do only a lot more of it. Crucially it's not things we don't know how to do or cannot be done, like FTL, wormholes, etc.

I've never invoked anything wild to send a crewed mission to Mars.

Just said that the scale and expense of the challenge makes it extremely unlikely in my lifetime (max. 50 more years).

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

replacing it with muscles that allow us to cope with weightless environments better? It may sound a bit far fetched now but who knows what will be possible in the next 50 years.

Why bother with muscles, just have your brain, floating in a glass jar?

 

[warey4life]

Matt Damon also did it, and survived alone for months there.

Ryan Gosling did it only recently.