I totally agree actually. I've said since junior high ; we're only as smart as we've made ourselves. And, I won't ever argue there is definitely life, intelligent life else where in our own galaxy.
I just don't believe travelling through space can be done without blowing yourself up?
You got to go at least 6 or 7/10ths light speed to really get anywhere in a reasonable amount of time.
You need an engine that can do that.. continuously as there will be no gas stations in space.
You need a material you can build a vessel from that can handle going that fast, continuously without needing hull repair.
And, that's where my biggest problem is. While you're travelling around space at 7/10ths of light speed ; what happens when you hit a .5cm space rock? How would you even navigate something like that in advance of you getting to it, travelling at those speeds?
You would have to have already, somehow, completely mapped out the entire galaxy, including ALL moving targets, in every solar system and interstellar space and their exact trajectories. That's millions of years beyond what we could do in a million years lol.
I think ONE day, we actually may discover / be discovered and have it confirmed both ways = we communicate back to them. But, honestly, I really believe that's the farthest it can ever go.
And that IS only based 100% on our 'knowledge' so.. I only let my imagination go so far ha ha. I don't think about 'force fields' because a force field on a moving close to light speed object? Would have to be an energy source we haven't discovered yet.
I totally agree actually. I've said since junior high ; we're only as smart as we've made ourselves. And, I won't ever argue there is definitely life, intelligent life else where in our own galaxy.
I just don't believe travelling through space can be done without blowing yourself up?
You got to go at least 6 or 7/10ths light speed to really get anywhere in a reasonable amount of time. You need an engine that can do that.. continuously as there will be no gas stations in space. You need a material you can build a vessel from that can handle going that fast, continuously without needing hull repair.
And, that's where my biggest problem is. While you're travelling around space at 7/10ths of light speed ; what happens when you hit a .5cm space rock? How would you even navigate something like that in advance of you getting to it, travelling at those speeds?
You would have to have already, somehow, completely mapped out the entire galaxy, including ALL moving targets, in every solar system and interstellar space and their exact trajectories. That's millions of years beyond what we could do in a million years lol.
I think ONE day, we actually may discover / be discovered and have it confirmed both ways = we communicate back to them. But, honestly, I really believe that's the farthest it can ever go.
And that IS only based 100% on our 'knowledge' so.. I only let my imagination go so far ha ha. I don't think about 'force fields' because a force field on a moving close to light speed object? Would have to be an energy source we haven't discovered yet.