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Everyone reading this will not be able to visit other stars

it's been estimated that it will take about 1000 years for interstellar travel to be possible and that's just being optimistic

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD08CuUi_Ek]i hate you science[/url]

February 11, 2013

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TheDStar

[quote=SaneleeBoring]it's impossible for a 13 year old to sound smart let alone be smart (inb4 child prodigies)[/quote]

But...but...I know how to do stuff.

Reply February 12, 2013
SaneleeBoring

@taotapp: most likely i wasn't misunderstood, maybe the guy was just trying to sound like a smartass and that's one of my pet peeves especially when when they did a horrible job at it

Reply February 11, 2013
taotapp

>born too late to colonize earth
>born too soon to colonize the galaxy
;_;
[quote=SaneleeBoring]if you don't have the brain capacity to figure out that the term "visiting a star" is equivalent to "visiting a solar system" then this thread isn't for you

i mean do you have some sort of a mild autism to take things like this in a literal sense?[/quote]
Why does being misunderstood frustrate you so much?

Reply February 11, 2013
dimo

[quote=SaneleeBoring]maybe but the fastest object that we have would take 19k years to get there soooo iunno[/quote]

At the same time it would be silly to think that the technology would not be advancing at an experiential rate.

Reply February 11, 2013
SaneleeBoring

[quote=dimo]Isn't Proxima Centauri less than 5 light years away? Assuming we have a break-through in near light speed travel then it would only take 10 or so years to get there.[/quote]

maybe but the fastest object that we have would take 19k years to get there soooo iunno

Reply February 11, 2013
dimo

Isn't Proxima Centauri less than 5 light years away? Assuming we have a break-through in near light speed travel then it would only take 10 or so years to get there.

Reply February 11, 2013
SaneleeBoring

[quote=RenegAIDS]Why would anyone ever want to visit a star (either Sol or any other star), you'd get vapourised instantly.[/quote]

if you don't have the brain capacity to figure out that the term "visiting a star" is equivalent to "visiting a solar system" then this thread isn't for you

i mean do you have some sort of a mild autism to take things like this in a literal sense?

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Olympus

well brian cox said that teleportation of subatomic particles had been achieved, so now we had the foundations we can maybe teleport larger heavier masses of particles like people some day?

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Tasnia

going to outer space = exposure to ridiculous amounts of radiation = nty bbz

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Chema

Remember when someone reputable said technology would have reached its limit by a couple of years ago?

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SaneleeBoring

[quote=Jimmy985]I would expect it to take longer.[/quote]

it will, that's just an optimistic estimate because it only factors in light speed travel

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ZacEfron

Aren't stars really hot? I don't think anyone will be visiting stars.

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Jimmy985

I would expect it to take longer.

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SaneleeBoring

[quote=TheDStar]I would make a smart comment, but I realized I'm thirteen so I'll say this.
What the [b]WHATTTTTTTTTTTTTT?[/b][/quote]

it's impossible for a 13 year old to sound smart let alone be smart (inb4 child prodigies)

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Amuro

I'm fine with being down to earth.

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TheDStar

I would make a smart comment, but I realized I'm thirteen so I'll say this.
What the [b]WHATTTTTTTTTTTTTT?[/b]

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