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i think it depends. Right now, physics tells us that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light, and most other planets are many many lightyears are away. So if we were to travel there, cryo sleep would be necessary. But who knows, maybe someday they will be able to invent technology that can travel faster than the speed of light or even instantly. In which case, cryo sleep would not be necessary.
As for things like teleporters, i think it would be extremely unlikely that those can be made. |
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There is a line from the hitchhikers guide to the universe that is appropriate here.
Space is big. Distances are so big that the speed of light limits the distance that one can travel in a human lifetime. Even if we extend the lifetime of individuals, the separation from the rest of humanity would be extraordinarily final as the friends and family left behind would not be here when one returned. Travel within the solar system may become routine but interstellar distances are just too big. Anyone traveling to the stars should be sure to say goodbye to everyone they know. I therefore doubt that we will waste much resources upon sending people to other stars unless some loophole in the general relativity explanation of time and space is found. |
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I think that our next best bet for the future is time travel! LOL!
But seriously, if we were to travel fast enough to even get through two or three light years and back to earth without getting lost or sucked up by a black hole, we might get torn apart and vaporized from all that speed. Unless we have a protective shield even stronger than the tiles used to shield the underside of a space shuttle. And astronomers would have to cover the entire shuttle with that material. |
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there are some major hurdles to overcome.
The earth is protected by solar and interstellar radiation ,from space and the sun, by its Magnetic field and its outer atmosphere. Being in a ship you lose this protection in space. A common complaint from astronauts is when they close their eyes they see flashes of light. This is high energy radiation particles striking the molecules in their eye fluid. That being said spending anytime in space longer in than a few months would be lethal. That is a major hurdle in us going to mars. The astronauts could make the trip but most likely die of radiation poisoning by the time they get back. Also we are probably shielded to a large degree by the oort cloud surrounding our solar system. if we leave the boundry of this field expect interstellar radiation to jump dramaticaly. google "hard radiation". Second problem. space is not empty its full of dust pebbles. frozen bits. Boulders, comets, rocks , dark objects ya cant see. Now add to this the impossibly fast speeds to make to a star in a REASONABLE amount of time (200-300 years) a pebble the size of grain of rice would carry the force of a high yield explosive device on impact. Even if the ship was armored like a battle ship it would stand little chance of surviving interstellar travels. (look at the face plate of the appolo astronauts for micro craters from interstellar dust). then finally how are you going to power this ship? if you choose solar sail well it will take a long time to get speed and you will have horrid exposure levels. Chemical. forget it.. too long. Nuclear might make it in a few hundred years but more along the lines of a millenia. Antimatter sounds great enough oompth theoretically to do it. but what about radiation and stray particles that are so energetic they could easily punch through meters of lead like it didnt exist? |
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I think it would be like star trek. - transporters, of coarse. It just depends on wether we can travel faster then light by then. if we can... Star Trek, if not...Aliens. But the idea of jump gates like babylon 5 is a good idea as well. But since we have a choice of being optomistic and pesemistic, lets go with Star Trek, it's happier that way. not counting the Show Deep Space Nine.
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