[Jogger]

Is it possible that a group of people will be exploring our galaxy in the near future while everyone else is suffering on Earth from corporate slavery, a possible nuclear war, Peak Oil, natural disasters, etc.?

They would be exploring a galaxy with billions of stars and possibly thousands of habitable planets, only a small percentage of the entire universe. They may find worlds similar to Earth. They may find other intelligent life forms, maybe more intelligent than humans.

[NEOPO]

They may get squished like a bug on the same rock that could eventually smash into earth and kill all hope of anything even remotely like that ever occuring again

Seriously though exploring space for other habitable planets is not an option - if we are to survive this is 100% mandatory activity.

With some luck we have a few billion years before the worst occurs and then its "time to go" ready or not.

Your scenario because of PO ? Thats just cornucopian to believe we can instantly send people into deep space at will.

But lets say if the sun was acting "funny" and scientists agreed it was going to quickly "phase out" in 20 years !! etc etc unlike what they had expected.....hmmmm yes I would say all kinds of "rich kids" and others might be donning space suits and shooting for the moon of a bluegreen planet in another galaxy.

For some reason I want to pause on that thought and for a moment I feel sadness for whatever if any life forms that they may eventually or inevitably encounter.

Hopefully any lifeforms they encounter are more intelligent and have a way to subdue the humans until they evolve beyond their predisposition toward greed and the use of violence to attain and secure it.

[rogerhb]

a. The distances are immense, it just ain't going to happen.

b. We've already fucked up this place, let's quarrantine ourselves.

[Doly]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rogerhb', 'b'). We've already fucked up this place, let's quarrantine ourselves.

[rwwff]

By imposing relativistic factors on motion and mass God did the quarantine exercise just fine. No need to be concerned.

There will be no FTL drives in our reality.

[TITAN]

Actually, all we need to do is:

A. figure out how to create/contain exotic matter/anti-matter.

B. figure out how to implement it into a FTL drive.

Interestingly, B has proven FAR easier than A, thanks to that ever-annoying energy problem...

[Ingenuity_Gap]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jogger', 'I')s it possible that a group of people will be exploring our galaxy in the near future while everyone else is suffering on Earth from corporate slavery, a possible nuclear war, Peak Oil, natural disasters, etc.?

They would be exploring a galaxy with billions of stars and possibly thousands of habitable planets, only a small percentage of the entire universe. They may find worlds similar to Earth. They may find other intelligent life forms, maybe more intelligent than humans.

[Ingenuity_Gap]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rwwff', 'B')y imposing relativistic factors on motion and mass God did the quarantine exercise just fine. No need to be concerned.

There will be no FTL drives in our reality.

[Jogger]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ingenuity_Gap', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jogger', 'I')s it possible that a group of people will be exploring our galaxy in the near future while everyone else is suffering on Earth from corporate slavery, a possible nuclear war, Peak Oil, natural disasters, etc.?

They would be exploring a galaxy with billions of stars and possibly thousands of habitable planets, only a small percentage of the entire universe. They may find worlds similar to Earth. They may find other intelligent life forms, maybe more intelligent than humans.

[qwerty]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jogger', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ingenuity_Gap', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jogger', 'I')s it possible that a group of people will be exploring our galaxy in the near future while everyone else is suffering on Earth from corporate slavery, a possible nuclear war, Peak Oil, natural disasters, etc.?

They would be exploring a galaxy with billions of stars and possibly thousands of habitable planets, only a small percentage of the entire universe. They may find worlds similar to Earth. They may find other intelligent life forms, maybe more intelligent than humans.

[Ingenuity_Gap]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jogger', 'S')tar Trek is not the reason why I posted this topic. As you are probably aware, physicist Stephen Hawking recently said that in order for humans to survive in the future they must colonize space. You are essentially telling me and everyone else that it will be impossible. Should we not have any children then?

[rwwff]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jogger', 'p')hysicist Stephen Hawking recently said that in order for humans to survive in the future they must colonize space. You are essentially telling me and everyone else that it will be impossible. Should we not have any children then?

[NEOPO]

Not to take away from the fact that we will probably never if ever colonize space er nothing but.

I have already said "I am leaving and I aint coming back" rwwff.
I havent left yet and in time I may come back but as far as getting on the ship that is about to launch - suit helmet check - pee tube check - major tom to ground control all is a go.

You see I am leaving what you call "the grid" and also what you may see as "the system" because along the way and parcel to the pursuit of relative sustainability I realized that this was the true rebellion taking place and this indeed may be the real reason my heart keeps telling me to "go for it" and "do something different with your life" and "make a change by making a good example" and "show others that it can be done with relative comfort and you dont have to go run off like some survivalist to make it through post peak and beyond" yes funny a heart could be saying so much but I believe mine is.

What is your heart telling you to do?

[rwwff]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('NEOPO', 'W')hat is your heart telling you to do?

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('NEOPO', '
')With some luck we have a few billion years before the worst occurs and then its "time to go" ready or not.

[Gigashadow]

What, exactly, is so important about preserving the human race?

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Gigashadow', 'W')hat, exactly, is so important about preserving the human race?

[Novus]

Notice the spaceman at the peak where we are. The age of space travel is quickly passing.

[qwerty]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Novus', 'N')otice the spaceman at the peak where we are. The age of space travel is quickly passing.

[Jogger]

Maybe aliens will come to our rescue!

Suppose we receive a signal from an extraterrestrial civilization sometime this century, with instructions on how to build a machine that will transport a passenger light years in space in an instant. This is what happened in the movie Contact.

Yes, I know it's very unlikely, but maybe aliens will save some humans.