Is A Prolem-Free World Really Possible?

Charles,I don't seem to be getting through to you. I'm not talking the science-fiction bits of Foundation, I'm talking about the politics, historical movements, etc.

(I just finished Foundation and Earth...what a let-down :evil: )

 

That's it, Foundation and Earth has pushed me over the edge.

I'm starting a crusade of hate against unsatisfying sci-fi book endings...Viva la Resistance!

 

MEMO: to settler...

there's this thing called the edit function. because dbl posting is evil :evil:

 

Good one, DU :wink:

 

Amen. Death to all Hippies/Witches/Greenies/Protestors/Religious fanatics/Anti-Science Fanatics. Phew.

 

I beg to differ. As far as scientists know, if two black holes came close enough together, it would cause a tear in the space-time continuim. This, when a space ship is flown though it, would transport that ship to another place, and time.

I also read about experiments with teleportation. Some scientists had two clouds of atoms in two seperate jars. Using a laser, they teleported one cloud into the other jar with the other cloud. Maybe an inter-planetary teleportation system. A bunch of laser recievers and senders streching across our star system. Like a laser highway that would carry a ship and passengers. It would then transfer the beam, like satelites transfering radio waves, until it reached it's destination. Either that, or it would have to make some sort of calculated rip (wormhole) in space. Scientists calculated that it would take more energy then is in our galaxy to make a rip the size of an atom! We need a better and stronger power source!

The main problem is how we cant get anything better then a fuel rocket. We need a new way of propeltion that wont use so much fuel. I read that they want to make disk-shaped starships that, when a laser is shot into it's underbelly (turning the air to plasma), will shoot it into space. However, that still doesnt solve the problem of how to travel easy and fast while IN space. I have an idea to have a large container filled with hydrogen and a proton gun. ONE atom of hydrogen would be shot into the container and shot with a proton gun, therefore causeing it to explode. This explosion could be focused and pushed out the rear, shooting the spaceship forward. It could be efficient if you consider the power that would be releaced if you split a hydrogen atom (fusion) one at a time to shoot it forward and how many atoms of hydrogen you could contain in a container 10ft by 10ft. Logical?

Also, our planet is mostly covered in water, right? Well, why not use that and make underwater or floating cities? It would use all that space for living quarters. I am sure if they put their minds to it, scientists could invent a pretty safe and efficient submarine that could be as safe as a car. Imagine, living on (or under) the ocean and driving your sub into an underwater highway. Efficient?

 

Scientists have already invented the warp drive and the ion engine. The ion engine works fine, but takes a lot of energy and until we get fusion working properly (already working, just not sustainable past the first fusion) then we don't have enough energy to run it.

The warp drive is theoretically possible, but the only 'working' prototype destroyed itself during testing for unknown resons. Back to the drawing board on that one!

 

Dear god, why did I bring Foundation up?

We know that faster than light (c) travel, in a literal sense,is impossible. We may get up to 99.9% of c, but we will never get there. However, there is the wormhole/jump theory, which I won't bother going over again, since everyone else has.

The biggest problem facing science today is budgets - no money = no research = no faster than c travel. Bah.

 

Just why is it impossible to travel faster than light? I mean, it's not like there's a speed limit, and light is at the very limit. It's not like the universe would start issuing speeding tickets for overtaking the source which we judge time by.

I say faster than light travel is possible, at least theoretically. Theoretically, if we were to travel at the speed of light, then time would effectively stand still, yet we would still age. Eh, meh, bah, it's not going to happen in our life time.

 

The chances are, that there are lots of things out there that travel faster than light, it's just that we can't detect them because they are so.

Hawking radiation is thought to travel faster than light, because it escapes a black hole. what it is though, we have no idea.

The warp drive can theoretically get us past the light barrier, because of the way it works. Apparently, the theory states (I'ev never actually seen it myself) that you are not actually travelling faster than light speed, but the resulting warping of the fabric of space/time, makes it appear so to the rest of the universe. That way, you don't age any faster or slower than normal, but appear to travel greater than c (or something like that).

 

Well, if we wanna get literal, the speed of light isn't constant. Scientists have been able to slow light down by a lot.

 

Wo! I didnt know they had already at least tried to invent a warp drive and had already made an ion engine! Yo, could you get me more info on that? :-?

 

Hmm.. I suppose so. It's technically just a question of searching through all the cabk issues of all the journals in the field of science!

However, since I'm no longer a student, that could prove too time consuming.


And Milo, the speed of light is always constant! Yes, they may have slowed down light, but the speed of light inself (c) is always that of light travelling through a vacuum, and thus doesn't change.

 

Hey, we should re-name this string to "Where the smart nerdz hang out"

 

Agreed.

 

Sure... we're smart, and you're the nerds!

 

Just watch Star Trek for more info. Hell, those selfish bastards have had the technology for decades but refuse to share it with the rest of us. We need a scapegoat. Let's go blame everyone's Star Trek scapegoat, William Shatner!

 

Lol!

 

nbrosz, what's with the spam today? It's not like we asked for extra helpings, or any at all. It's really annoying to open a topic and see that someone has added a smiley, or a "Lol!" or something similar. Can you stop doing it please?