We Won't Have Enough Power For Interstellar Travel Until At Least 2211
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Yes but at the same time they try and imagine a future with technology advancing how they can imagine while it never does that ever. In our society we have things much more amazing and worthwhile than hovercars and stuff.
[quote=pyschomc;27294858]we will achieve interstellar travel before that.
We are humans. We are awesome. Our technology rapidly grows.
It will be here sooner than that prediction
go space science![/quote]
we are cerberus!
[QUOTE=GunFox;27294408]First of all, we have plenty of energy available on this planet.
Second of all, we live in a solar system filled with giant balls of raw resources.
The sheer amount of natural materials available just inside our solar system is nearly inconceivable in its vastness.[/QUOTE]
rated optimistic for saying giant balls
aways whats so special about Alpha Centauri?
As long as I get to go to the moon in my lifetime then I'll be good.
If humans just got along better, maybe we'd get shit done faster.
[QUOTE=booster;27306974]If humans just got along better, maybe we'd get shit done faster.[/QUOTE]
Probably not actually, a lot of shit we have done is to have an advantage over someone else.
[QUOTE=shian;27305109]Like this!
[img_thumb]http://davidszondy.com/future/city/Metropolis%2001.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]
That is not too far from the truth though. Big cities have tons of skyscrapers, monorails, trains and interstates suspended above each other and helicopters patrolling the skies.
I find this hard to believe. The amount of technological growth in the last ~10 years is miles beyond ~20 years ago, so there. If technological advances in power and energy continue at this rate, we'll be fine.
10^19) joules = 1.0 × 1019 joules
I just hope this theory is disproven.
[QUOTE=bravehat;27307001]Probably not actually, a lot of shit we have done is to have an advantage over someone else.[/QUOTE]
We need aliens.
[QUOTE=booster;27307413]We need aliens.[/QUOTE]
Technologically advanced aliens at least.
Which actually makes me think, one day we could be the aliens and need to invade a planet. How the fuck would we actually do it, I imagine invading a planet would be near impossible, no element of surprise whatsoever, massive heat signature on entry.
[QUOTE=bravehat;27307465]Technologically advanced aliens at least.
Which actually makes me think, one day we could be the aliens and need to invade a planet. How the fuck would we actually do it, I imagine invading a planet would be near impossible, no element of surprise whatsoever, massive heat signature on entry.[/QUOTE]
The planets population would obviously have to be technologically inferior, and not have some lame deus ex machina planet like the aliens in Avatar.
[QUOTE=Chrille;27307530]The planets population would obviously have to be technologically inferior, and not have some lame deus ex machina planet like the aliens in Avatar.[/QUOTE]
Nah see I think if the planet had technology equivalent to our current level then they could probably fend off a major invasion force.
I mean we have anti satellite missiles, and with the threat of alien invasion, genocide and enslavement we'd roll out some nuclear tipped ones, that could maybe handle sort of capital ships, and everything else, like light drop ships and pods and the like could probably be handled with long range Heat seeking missiles like the starstreak.
But once their on the ground it would be pretty hard, they would have pretty good armour and pretty good weapons by our standard, or it's pretty likely.
And I'm tired and can't be fucked typing out the rest of the possible scenario that will likely stay a scenario for the foreseeable future.
This is good news right. Means some people are actually considering the idea.
[QUOTE=bravehat;27307465]Technologically advanced aliens at least.
Which actually makes me think, one day we could be the aliens and need to invade a planet. How the fuck would we actually do it, I imagine invading a planet would be near impossible, no element of surprise whatsoever, massive heat signature on entry.[/QUOTE]
Nuke every living thing on the planet, and then harvest the earth for its minerals?
[QUOTE=booster;27311581]Nuke every living thing on the planet, and then harvest the earth for its minerals?[/QUOTE]
This is assuming that the species invading kinda wants some of the natives alive.
[QUOTE=bravehat;27302342]If the human species got its collective head out of it it's collective chocolate mother fucking starfish and actually adapted to what the future will require of us we could have near immortality procedures in 5 years and I am ironically willing to stake my life on that. We could easily build a ship that could take entire fucking communities of people to the stars, to mars, to Io, to europa and to anywhere else we fucking wanted.
But nah, instead we would rather sit around and fucking squabble over a rock that will be turned to ash in a few million/billion years.
We belong in the fucking stars and we won't go cause we're all fat lazy greedy shits who get off on hurting each other.[/QUOTE]
It's the greedy profit making companies that hold us back because letting people suffer and holding back progress if far more profitable in some cases
[QUOTE=ZombieWaffle;27307344]10^19) joules = 1.0 × 1019 joules
I just hope this theory is disproven.[/QUOTE]
uh what
10^19 is 10000000000000000000
1.0 x 1019 is 1019
[QUOTE=bravehat;27307001]Probably not actually, a lot of shit we have done is to have an advantage over someone else.[/QUOTE]
I think wanting to help people could be just as good as the motivation to be better then another. especially when lives depend on it.
[QUOTE=Brage Nyman;27294388]I will be a cyborg when that happens.[/QUOTE]
No son, you'll be a head in a fluid filled jar.
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[QUOTE=Superwafflez;27295182]Moores law is pretty much obsolete and dead.[/QUOTE]
Ever heard of exponential growth?
Oh yeah, we're getting to those fucking stars. Maybe not in all of facepunch's lifetimes but we will.
[QUOTE=Superwafflez;27295182]Moores law is pretty much obsolete and dead.[/QUOTE]
What are you talking about? A graphics card this year can play games 4 times better then a graphics card a year ago and at the same price.
Damn, should I find somewhere that allows the whole freezing people for years and they get out in the future(I want to see the future, so maybe I would like to freeze myself in one of those tubes or something, then "wake up" in 2211)?
That, or wait till we colonize another planet, see some ancient species technology that speeds up our technology, allows FTL travels, and extends life expectancy.
[QUOTE=Extroll;27321949]Ever heard of exponential growth?
Oh yeah, we're getting to those fucking stars. Maybe not in all of facepunch's lifetimes but we will.[/QUOTE]
"Moore's Law" actually is exponential grow, so he heard about it. Still, Moore's law is not entirely true, the grow stagnated. Also it can't go on with this forever, somewhere there will be an end.
The song "Forever Young" comes to mind.
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