killamch89 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 With advancements in space exploration and companies like SpaceX aiming for Mars, do you think interplanetary travel will become common within our lifetime? Will it be accessible to the average person, or remain limited to scientists and the wealthy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blackangel Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 No Inter planetary travel is nothing more than fantasy. It will be a decades before we could even begin to think about such a thing. Possibly even 100 years. The technology and resources required is astronomical. We simply don’t have the requirements to do it yet. And I doubt we will live to see such a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted January 15 Author Share Posted January 15 22 hours ago, The Blackangel said: No Inter planetary travel is nothing more than fantasy. It will be a decades before we could even begin to think about such a thing. Possibly even 100 years. The technology and resources required is astronomical. We simply don’t have the requirements to do it yet. And I doubt we will live to see such a thing. I know. We'd have to come up with a fuel source that can run infinitely. On top of that, spacecraft would need to be built out of material that can withstand any and all conditions in space which we're nowhere close to achieving in terms of finding such a material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blackangel Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 The only kind of sustainable fuel we could have for this kind of thing would be if we can harness the power of ambient solar radiation, then convert it into energy. Now we’ll discuss the destination and travel specifics. We’re going to go with a moon, because it’s literally 100% impossible to go anywhere in the gas giants. So that said, not counting Mars, the nearest mooned planet is Jupiter. It took 546 days for Voyager 1 to reach Jupiter. But it needs noted that Voyager was moving at a speed of 38,210 mph. Which is more G’s than any human body could survive. At the fastest speed survivable it would take 5-6 years to get there. Even longer if the planets are at their furthest point. Then it starts at roughly eight years. So unless cryogenic freezing is fully harnessed, I doubt there is anyone willing to spend years on the same ship the entire time. And just to offer a bit of context, we have half of cryogenic freezing figured out. Just not all of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
