ROFL!!!
that’s the most DEPRESSING ####ing post I have read in years lol
“there’s no short cut to India!!! The world might even be flat!! Than what?? Forget about it Columbus and let’s go smoke a joint!”
:)
Not at all...my post is stark naked reality.
Whereas Columbus could reach across 3000 miles of ocean because his ship could carry enough food & water supplies to reach America, our universe is so spread out, it defies imagination.
For example the nearest star to us in our own milky way galaxy is many light years away. To translate that for scientific novices, it means we will need 100 generations of humans to reach the planets of the NEAREST star to us. Can you imagine humans reproducing inside a cramped space capsule and interbreeding 100 generations? If you have seen how involved child birth is in a hospital, and I saw this first hand having helped in delivery of my both children, it is simply out of question inside a space capsule.
And the 100 generations estimate is based on the most optimistic supersonic speeds our spacecrafts could be capable of.
In summary to compare voyages of Columbus and Vasco De Gama with a spacecraft reaching the NEAREST sun to our solar system is different by exponential orders of magnitude. May be it is the mechanical engineer in me who only has lived in reality and not dreams.
But I will agree learning about other galaxies is very interesting. Keep in mind just to reach a nearby planet like Mars (Mars orbit is right after earth’s orbit) will stretch human capabilities. Then consider that the nearest planet outside of our solar system is Trillion times further than Mars is from Earth during their nearest encounter.
Sorry DP0622 to bust your dreams about inter-solar travel, but sometimes it is best to understand the reality.