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[QUOTE]Originally posted by OnToMars: [QB] [QUOTE] Ponders the issue for a while . . . Reasons why there will be no warpship in our life times; 1) no SIF - Human Soup anyone? ; 2) no IDF (can't remember what these do - too tired); 3) no deflector shields - see the "Enterprise in wind tunnel" thread; 4) no matter; 5) no anti-matter; 6) while we may have the resources, no government will be willing to use so much on such a project; 7) no money; 8) warp drive is still a theory; 9) we lack the technology - I mean come on! We've only managed to get a space station in orbit and; 10) it doesn't even have artificial gravity 11) the crew would die/become infertile from radiation exposure and/or weakening of bones due to lack of gravity 12) no phasers - only an idiot would venture past our solar system without a means of defence. Wow, a dozen reasons . . . not bad for 1:30 in the morning! Sorry The Apocalypse, as much as I'd also like to see a warpship in my lifetime - sadly it ain't gonna happen. [/QUOTE]1. Well, if FTL would actually work like that. Which it wouldn't. 2. Ditto. 3. Ditto. 4. Actually, it's all over the place. 5. Not 'no'. Too few, and whether M/AM is a viable power source is still up in the air. 6. Yup. 7. Yup. 8. Less than a theory. There are quite a few theories out there about FTL travel, and even the most similar has some rather noticable differences. 9. We have managed to get to the moon. And we've been putting space stations in orbit for over thirty years now. There's nothing technologically keeping us from Mars, or even further in the solar system. But yes, FTL is still beyond our technology. 10. Again, not for technological reasons. When you think artificial gravity, don't think "Star Trek"; think "2001: A Space Odyssey". Spin the mother and you got AG. Not impossible. 11. No infertility from zero g. From radiation? Not really. Proper shielding isn't that hard. And we already talked about AG. 12. By the time we got out there, we would have a pretty good idea about the population of the immediate vicinity. We already know about the immediate neighborhood, since none of the nearby stars can support Earth like planets. And besides, space is big. Like really fucking big. No, bigger than that. But hey, it's not even 12 yet here. It won't happen in our lifetimes, unless we live to be 200 or so (not out of the realm of possibility). But it will be because we still lack the sufficient understanding of physics and wield the proper engineering skill. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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