You can make it to Mars, but on the way back you need dialysis

mapuc · 06-21-24, 01:30 PM

We seems to be concentrating on present day, maybe we should turn our view into the future.

What kind of technical breakthroughs await us, when it comes to space exploration in the future?

Markus

Platapus · 06-21-24, 02:52 PM

That's just it. We can improve machinery and develop technology, but we still need some way to keep meat bags healthy enough to survive the very long trips.

I think un-crewed probes should be the first priority.

Let's find out if there are any places out there that we really want to visit in person.

Moonlight · 06-21-24, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by mapuc

We seems to be concentrating on present day, maybe we should turn our view into the future.

What kind of technical breakthroughs await us, when it comes to space exploration in the future?

Markus

Right on Markus
I think artificial gravity should be top of the list of technological advances to be explored, followed by an engine that doesn't need refuelling.

Skybird · 06-21-24, 04:43 PM

Just send the mind on travel, leave the fragile organic body behind. The latter is not made for space travel and the brutality of space physics.

Human or human-made minds put into machines. Serious. Beyond a certain treshhold in extremes and distances and time frames, me must not put ourselves into ever better techncial protective vehicles - we must become the vehicles.

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,369 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	That's just it. We can improve machinery and develop technology, but we still need some way to keep meat bags healthy enough to survive the very long trips. I think un-crewed probes should be the first priority. Let's find out if there are any places out there that we really want to visit in person. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,630 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Just send the mind on travel, leave the fragile organic body behind. The latter is not made for space travel and the brutality of space physics. Human or human-made minds put into machines. Serious. Beyond a certain treshhold in extremes and distances and time frames, me must not put ourselves into ever better techncial protective vehicles - we must become the vehicles. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.