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Currently space travel is possible but not sustainable. Our technology fail us in many regards, however biologically we cannot survive space travel as well. This is a good indicator that we need to master more then energy, mass and acceleration. We need to master gravity, food production in space and above all, find a way to extend human life by another 50 to 100 years.
With the exception of light few things can travel at the speed of light and survive. Force will always be equal to mass multiplied by acceleration. If you have something the size of a car accelerating at the speed of light and anything regardless of its size collide it will be catastrophic. So we need to master proper protection, shielding that can handle phenomenal forces.
If we cannot keep the environment within the vehicle stable chances are we will have a terrible time surviving. Not to mention we do not know what forces will have an effect. We do not know what radiation does at those speeds, we do not know what our own brain will do at those speeds. Simply put at the speed of light a person will travel at the same speed as a thought within the brain. Simply put we will not be able to make a choice fast enough or think fast enough. Electrical components like the fastest computers known to humanity still use clock speeds to process information. Essentially at the speed of light computers as we know it today will be obsolete. Simply put it will not be able to complete a single process in time to avoid a situation.
These are but some of our limitations... Thus humanity will have to travel at slower speeds to make it safe. Thus bioengineering or supper humans need to be created to survive space. This means humanity is dead regardless. Because the supper human will survive and not the human. Meaning an artificial species will travel space and not humanity. This new life will need to be stronger, faster and smarter then any of us because it will need to be able to survive space and make correct decision in a blink of an eye.
Even if we find a way to slow down the aging process, we don't know what will happen to the human brain when it knows it is trapped in a tin-can for the rest of its natural life. Freezing humans and defrosting them after traveling trough space will also remain problematic. If the tech fail and those frozen individuals wake up they might suffer brain damage, physical damage or even death.
So looking at what our Trillionaire supper star is saying, I have to respectfully disagree... Even if we can reach other planets at best it will be generations beyond our own that will reach it. At worst they may not even be human at that stage. They will have the memory of humanity and perhaps share our likeness but it will not be human.
Humanity WILL go extinct. Each life we lose each day is a life lost forever and for that lost-life nothing matters. The living matters for the living the dead is no longer part of this world.
Perhaps humanity must focus on the end of war? Perhaps life in all forms should be respected? Perhaps we need to understand ourselves first before we allow ourselves to think that we are even remotely ready for space, space travel and all its implications.
In order to go forward, we need to put our differences aside, focus on what is important and more importantly focus on what is doable now.
Our Trillionaire supper star got one thing right... Technology don't just simply evolve... It takes hard work, dedication, education and understanding to keep pushing it forward. We can't do this if we are all fighting wars and killing the planet we call home.
Only if we solve enough problems do humanity get the opportunity to survive beyond the day the sun dies.
With the exception of light few things can travel at the speed of light and survive. Force will always be equal to mass multiplied by acceleration. If you have something the size of a car accelerating at the speed of light and anything regardless of its size collide it will be catastrophic. So we need to master proper protection, shielding that can handle phenomenal forces.
If we cannot keep the environment within the vehicle stable chances are we will have a terrible time surviving. Not to mention we do not know what forces will have an effect. We do not know what radiation does at those speeds, we do not know what our own brain will do at those speeds. Simply put at the speed of light a person will travel at the same speed as a thought within the brain. Simply put we will not be able to make a choice fast enough or think fast enough. Electrical components like the fastest computers known to humanity still use clock speeds to process information. Essentially at the speed of light computers as we know it today will be obsolete. Simply put it will not be able to complete a single process in time to avoid a situation.
These are but some of our limitations... Thus humanity will have to travel at slower speeds to make it safe. Thus bioengineering or supper humans need to be created to survive space. This means humanity is dead regardless. Because the supper human will survive and not the human. Meaning an artificial species will travel space and not humanity. This new life will need to be stronger, faster and smarter then any of us because it will need to be able to survive space and make correct decision in a blink of an eye.
Even if we find a way to slow down the aging process, we don't know what will happen to the human brain when it knows it is trapped in a tin-can for the rest of its natural life. Freezing humans and defrosting them after traveling trough space will also remain problematic. If the tech fail and those frozen individuals wake up they might suffer brain damage, physical damage or even death.
So looking at what our Trillionaire supper star is saying, I have to respectfully disagree... Even if we can reach other planets at best it will be generations beyond our own that will reach it. At worst they may not even be human at that stage. They will have the memory of humanity and perhaps share our likeness but it will not be human.
Humanity WILL go extinct. Each life we lose each day is a life lost forever and for that lost-life nothing matters. The living matters for the living the dead is no longer part of this world.
Perhaps humanity must focus on the end of war? Perhaps life in all forms should be respected? Perhaps we need to understand ourselves first before we allow ourselves to think that we are even remotely ready for space, space travel and all its implications.
In order to go forward, we need to put our differences aside, focus on what is important and more importantly focus on what is doable now.
Our Trillionaire supper star got one thing right... Technology don't just simply evolve... It takes hard work, dedication, education and understanding to keep pushing it forward. We can't do this if we are all fighting wars and killing the planet we call home.
Only if we solve enough problems do humanity get the opportunity to survive beyond the day the sun dies.