(April 18, 2012 at 9:42 pm)Paul the Human Wrote: I want to clarify that, in the other thread, when I said said that exploring our own solar system is a waste of time, I was exaggerating. Of course there is plenty to discover in our own back yard. My point is that I wish deep space propulsion research would get more funding, as I think it would change everything. I also think that, until we improve our current propulsion systems, we can't really accomplish much, even in the same neighborhood.
That being said, I am excited by the strides that have been made so far. Unfortunately true speed won't even be possible with a manned vessel until they invent dampening fields. Heh!
I'd like to think that 'warp drives', so to speak, will be possible some day, but first we have to figure out a bit more about the structure of the universe itself.
Yes, and the current model relies on "negative energy" which is of quantum theory.
