I have been seeing and reading where scientist are changing their theory that nothing can go faster than the speed of light and in fact they have even shown that the speed of light can be slowed down through crystals or something. What may ultimately be their way of transporting to one place or another will be mind blowing for us today no doubt if it really is happening. As the saying goes, with God all things are possible, I will not rule it out of the realm of possibility.
According to the equations that govern time dilation/ length contraction, if something exceeds the speed of light, it will go back in time. We have actually measured this (time dilation) via atomic clocks on the space station. There are some very interesting theories on how we could travel faster than light without actually exceeding or even matching the speed of light. To truly explore space we will first no doubt have to figure someway around this. Very very cool stuff.
First is only assuming that other "intelligent life" will have the same social characteristics as humankind, and since we have no clue what any other life would be like in terms of size, shape, or constitutional makeup, that's a very big assumption. Granted, we have nothing else to go on, but I would bet the little that I own that, if we DID get visited by residents of another planet/galaxy, in their natural form they would be nothing like humans...
every major jump in technology is pushed by war. this is bc we need to fight and kill each other. if we didnt have this instinct to fight and kill, then we would probably be just happy being sludge on the bottom of the ocean. harmonious prey tend to be fairly stupid. violent predators tend to be more intelligent.
You make an interesting point, if that theory is true, it will be a bad day for us if aliens do make contact with us..They'll likely destroy us from existence..
Exactly..Even traveling at the speed of light, it would still take us like 18,000-20,000yrs to reach the nearest star, so we would have to find other means like creating an artificial Black Hole & harnessing its power for interstellar travel..Yes..I admit I watch to many shows like "Ancient Aliens"..LOLIf we ever achieve space travel it will not be by speed but things like wormholes or such. Well this is what I think.
Actually, there are very many stars other than our sun that are as little as 4 lightyears away. That doesn't take into account planets.
Constant acceleration at 1 G, you can reach the speed of light in a little less than a year
We are only discussing travel within our own universe. What if, as many scientist think, there are multiple universes, dimensions? Dimensional travel might be another explanation for UFO's and alien species visiting. How that transportation could be achieved is beyond our technology now but that does not mean it does not exist. The TV series "Through The Wormhole with Morgan Freeman" on the Science channel is a great series. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7DfIS2pPPU Are there parallel universes?If we ever achieve space travel it will not be by speed but things like wormholes or such. Well this is what I think.
Those potholes in space will do a little more than bend a rim.
