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do you think that things will be like star trek one day?
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 (July 11, 2014 at 5:04 pm)c172 Wrote: The Enterprise is just not very aerodynamic looking. Even if it were, yeah, I don't think we'll ever develop light speed transit. Neat idea, but...well, maybe it's not. The Borg cube isn't very aerodynamic either... and yet they're the most technologically advanced race out there... 
I though species 8472 was?
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear. 
Can someone please explain why people are worried about aerodynamics for interstellar travel?
Im not a trekkie, tbh. So I assumed origin and destination had atmosphere, but obviously path didn't.
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan
 (July 11, 2014 at 1:04 pm)Cato Wrote:(July 11, 2014 at 10:21 am)ManMachine Wrote: Information can travel faster than the speed of light. We don't quite know how yet but scientists have done it and can replicate it. EPR paradox can be used to establish an indirect 'measurement' without causing wave function collapse. These 'weak measurements' are used in experiments of this nature. MM
"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions" - Leonardo da Vinci
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment) 
I should hope not. Star Trek depicts a future void of humility. It is Ego incarnate as man.
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
 RE: do you think that things will be like star trek one day?
July 13, 2014 at 9:46 pm
(This post was last modified: July 13, 2014 at 9:48 pm by Black_Pegasus.)
Pondering the future of mankind and it's progress is always an interesting discussion. For those of you who have the capacity to ponder even further, may I suggest a fantastic article about mankind's evolution as we race towards super intelligence, and the possible existence of other intelligent life in the universe. It's called The Fermi Paradox.
I found it absolutely exhilarating :-) http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/fermi-paradox.html 
For those who are interested, NASA is currently working on the alcuberrie drive.
A type of warp drive theoretically capable of propelling a spacecraft at ten times the speed of light. ![[Image: mybannerglitter06eee094.gif]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=i118.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fo112%2Fpussinboots_photos%2FBikes%2Fmybannerglitter06eee094.gif) If you're not supposed to ride faster than your guardian angel can fly then mine had better get a bloody SR-71. 
In the event humanity ever achieves a Star Trek level of development, I prophesy that red shirts will quickly become a thing of the past.
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