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Getting a human to another star is probably not going to happen without some crazy physics breakthrough. They’re just so bloody far away
by albertgoeswoof 6y ago
Getting a human to another star is probably not going to happen without some crazy physics breakthrough. They’re just so bloody far away
- jmnicolas 6y agoEven if you would manage to bring a few humans far away, it doesn't solve the problem for the rest of us. As long as we depend on dwindling supplies of fossil fuel to send things in space, we're certainly not going anywhere.
- mytailorisrich 6y agoCurrently it indeed seems impossible to get a human being from Earth to another star system because the trip is too long for a human lifespan. But if we accept that the people leaving will never see the end of the journey then the problem is one of keeping a liveable, self-contained environment in space for 100+ years, which does not require crazy physics breakthrough at all, just technological advances. This is not going to solve Earth's problems, though.