Will humans *ever* colonize another star system?

[beer]

This is something I was thinking about today when I was stuck in traffic. So in the past century, we spent 70 years going from flying twenty feet a few feet off the ground to landing on the moon, 200K miles away. And in 35 years since, we have done nothing. And it doesn't look like we will for at least another 15 years. We have made no advacements since the 70s in terms of propulsion that can be used in space, and we haven't proven that speed of light is anything except an unbreakable constant that is far too slow as a universal speed limit.

Are we doomed to the inner parts of this solar system until something destroys us from the inside, religious fundamentalism perhaps? Or will we advance far enough to move into deep space at some time in the future?

 

[Lager]

You are crazy.

 

[ManSnake]

Originally posted by: Lager
You are crazy.

You are crazy!

 

[lokiju]

Looks like someone forgot that we currently have two "rovers" on Mars at this very moment.

Nasa

 

[ThePresence]

TINFOIL OVERLOAD

 

[ReiAyanami]

When we have depleted the resources on this planet we will move to the next. Isn't that what happened to Mars?

 

[AvesPKS]

We already have. You just don't know it yet. SG teams have scouted out worlds to colonize that are safe from the Goa'uld and Jaffa threat, and have set up colonies.

 

[Maleficus]

No we'll kill ourselves/become extinct long before we have the chance.

 

[Quixfire]

When the Zerg start invading we will be looking for a new home.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Religious fundamentalism is going to kill us? Right.

 

[z0mb13]

Originally posted by: Maleficus
No we'll kill ourselves/become extinct long before we have the chance.

then we will ally with the protoss!!

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
Religious fundamentalism is going to kill us? Right.

It's been known to cause problems...

 

[DrPizza]

I think they're currently working on an idea. They're planning on sending up 3 huge spaceships to colonize another planet. I'll bet your name is among those listed for the first spaceship. Don't worry... even if you don't hear from the rest of us for a while, we'll be in our spaceships right behind you

(Hitchhiker's Guide for those of you who don't "get it")

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
Religious fundamentalism is going to kill us? Right.

It's been known to cause problems...

Right... and it's going to be the end of mankind...

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
I think they're currently working on an idea. They're planning on sending up 3 huge spaceships to colonize another planet. I'll bet your name is among those listed for the first spaceship. Don't worry... even if you don't hear from the rest of us for a while, we'll be in our spaceships right behind you

(Hitchhiker's Guide for those of you who don't "get it")

They already did that a couple million years ago. Excuse me, I have a sofa to catch.

 

[datalink7]

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
Religious fundamentalism is going to kill us? Right.

It's been known to cause problems...

Right... and it's going to be the end of mankind...

It's got a decent chance I suppose... say some muslim fanatic organization gets a hold of nukes and starts using them?

 

[PowerMac4Ever]

In the future humans will begin to send prisoners to other star systems to serve their terms. These prisoners will rise and form their own colonies. They will then be known as the Terrans... I think you know what happens next....

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: datalink7

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
Religious fundamentalism is going to kill us? Right.

It's been known to cause problems...

Right... and it's going to be the end of mankind...

It's got a decent chance I suppose... say some muslim fanatic organization gets a hold of nukes and starts using them?

Oh, right! What was I thinking!! The Muslims are actually closer to nuking the planet than SOVERIGN NATIONS or TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS are, aren't they!

 

[MrDudeMan]

beer, i doubt we will, unless we discover how to operate a wormhole. it would be neat to colonize on the moon for now, and even cooler to go to the far reaches of the solar system, such as pluto. i hope i am alive for that day, but something tells me i wont be.

 

[MacBaine]

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt

Originally posted by: datalink7

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
Religious fundamentalism is going to kill us? Right.

It's been known to cause problems...

Right... and it's going to be the end of mankind...

It's got a decent chance I suppose... say some muslim fanatic organization gets a hold of nukes and starts using them?

Oh, right! What was I thinking!! The Muslims are actually closer to nuking the planet than SOVERIGN NATIONS or TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS are, aren't they!

some muslim fanatic organization

==

TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS

Did you fail to make the connection?

 

[BatmanNate]

Originally posted by: ReiAyanami
When we have depleted the resources on this planet we will move to the next. Isn't that what happened to Mars?

What if we CAME from Mars? :Q

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
Religious fundamentalism is going to kill us? Right.

It doesn't have to kill all of us, instead it just has to bring about the downfall of Western civilization. It's open for debate whether mankind would ever develop such a technologically innovative way of life if the slate were wiped clean.

Just imagine thousands of years of world wide Islamic theocracy... How much progress would we make as a society, as a civilization? Yep, ZERO.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: BatmanNate

Originally posted by: ReiAyanami
When we have depleted the resources on this planet we will move to the next. Isn't that what happened to Mars?

What if we CAME from Mars? :Q

Read James P. Hogan's Giants quadrilogy.. It has some interesting ideas along those lines.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: BatmanNate

Originally posted by: ReiAyanami
When we have depleted the resources on this planet we will move to the next. Isn't that what happened to Mars?

What if we CAME from Mars? :Q

/waits for uranus joke

 

[Siddhartha]

Originally posted by: beer
This is something I was thinking about today when I was stuck in traffic. So in the past century, we spent 70 years going from flying twenty feet a few feet off the ground to landing on the moon, 200K miles away. And in 35 years since, we have done nothing. And it doesn't look like we will for at least another 15 years. We have made no advacements since the 70s in terms of propulsion that can be used in space, and we haven't proven that speed of light is anything except an unbreakable constant that is far too slow as a universal speed limit.

Are we doomed to the inner parts of this solar system until something destroys us from the inside, religious fundamentalism perhaps? Or will we advance far enough to move into deep space at some time in the future?

I grew reading Science Fiction and accepted that going to the stars was the thing to do. But now I have to ask: why bother?