Duckydoger Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 I was thinking that if we could use carbon nano tubes and some ideas of mine, we could have a mission to the other side of the galaxy.It would hold 50,000 people, and have artificial gravity by a spinning of a cylinder, known as the habitat. We would then use so extreme amounts of energy to propel us to a different zone or dimension of space and time, allowing us to move of 200x faster then light, hopefully getting there in 5-6 years. What do you think leave comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralathon Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 I think you have no idea how physics works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dharak1 Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Seems legit.If this was how it worked a few things would probably happen:1. All people on board die2. Ship explodes3. They go somewhere time is slower and they all die before leaving the solar system4. They teleport to a hell dimension after folding spacetime and the ship becomes possessed and kills a rescue missions crew.Sadly, this is not how physics works. Option 4 makes a good movie though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K^2 Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 I think you have no idea how physics works.... or math. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex_NL Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 ... or math.You can say that again.Even IF we would be able to build such a ship and accelerate it to 200x light speed it would take 135 years just to reach the galactic center. (Earth is located ~27,000±1,000 light-years from the galactic center.) To reach the 'other side of the galaxy' you'd need another 135 years.Conclusion: This idea is nothing more than a sci-fi fantasy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NASAFanboy Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Preposterous.Even I, a optimist who believes that interstellar expeditions will be sent in the 22nd century, have to say that such an idea is completely impossible with the technology of today, and likely will be until 3000 or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Hate to rain on your parade, but it will not happen anytime soon. I'm an optimist too, and love to daydream about exploring the Galaxy, but i will wait for official news from NASA if they have made any progress on FTL drive. Only when it's official Alcubierre-White Drive is indeed plausible, we should let our imagination run wild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LextheNonTrivial Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 I agree that the mission would necessarily take a very long time in the Earth's rest frame. But remember that in SR, rapidity (the rate of distance in someone else's frame travelled with respect to your time) can be arbitrarily large. If we could accelerate a ship to very near light speed over a short enough time, without killing the crew, we could get them there within 5-6 years of their time, easy. It's not at all the same thing of course, and everyone they knew on Earth would be dead, most likely along with human civilization and the Earth itself... But the colony itself should be fine so long as they didn't depend on interaction with the Earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krevsin Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Only when it's official Alcubierre-White Drive is indeed plausible, we should let our imagination run wild.Well, it only requires more energy than currently exists within our universe, is unsteerable and has the potential of eradicating all life several solar systems around itself when it exits the "subspace", but I think it's more plausible than the plan the thread poster's come up with.Yeah... I think mankind will stick to the solar system for a couple of centuries. I'm not saying this because I'm a pessimist, I just know that the solar system is a freaking HUGE place to explore so all the interstellar travel stuff is just really unneccessary in my book. At least, until sufficient time passes/a scientific breakthrough allows us to FTL or NSL travel without breaking relativity.I am aware that there are several hypothesises that suggest that relativity doesn't work, but I'm sticking to it until someone presents decisive evidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crush Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Well, it only requires more energy than currently exists within our universe, is unsteerable and has the potential of eradicating all life several solar systems around itself when it exits the "subspace", but I think it's more plausible than the plan the thread poster's come up with.You forgot that it requires a large amount of negative mass, which is only a mathematical construct and there is no evidence whatsoever that it exists anywhere in the universe or that it even would be physically possible for it to exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 carbon nano tubes and some ideas of mineUnfortunately carbon nano-tubes are useless for propping up fantasies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal_vager Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 I think you all have dampened Duckydoger's spirits enough by now, it's time to close this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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