[Cincinatus]

Why not just send robots,

Because robots can only do what they are programmed to do and cannot think. The difference between a machine and a competent scientific observer is the difference between collecting bits of data and solving complex, scientific problems.

your magic rotating space ship?

Yeah, centrifugal force. Magic.

You're the one who brought up wormholes and warp drive. So who's fixated on science fiction as opposed to science fact?

[cripplecreek]

Yeah, centrifugal force. Magic.

Homer Hickam was complaining on twitter about the money wasted continuing to study the effects of spaceflight on the human body when we already know the effects and know how to overcome it. He gave me a mathematical equation that I didn't understand but he said it was a fairly slow rotation for a small ship and even slower for larger ships to mimic gravity.

[Salgak]

Actually, there is some scientific basis for both wormholes and warps.

And, specifically, an Alcubierre-type Warp IS a method of cheating the Einstein Limit.

We just don’t have the tech to do it. Yet. I have faith in Humanity getting Out There. Just not so sure America will do it. . .