What if solving interstellar travel isn't about figuring out faster than light propulsion, but how to extend our own lives?
What if solving interstellar travel isn't about figuring out faster than light propulsion, but how to extend our own lives?
So I was day dreaming and I caught a thought. What if what we understand about physics is actually all there is to understand? What if you objectively cannot move faster than the speed of light because you can't do the time traveling things necessary. This would mean that the only way to travel amongst the stars would be to extend our lives so that a 5000 year trip at the speed of light would represent like 10% of our lifespans. Travel would be attainable but like the way it was when we were sailing ships to the new world.
That's just one practical solution I could think of to stellar travel. Does anyone else have a practical idea?
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Built a machine that can repair itself. Send it to a nearby planet. Give it the ability to manufacture human embryos from our genetic code using only inorganic material. Make at least 2 ; let's call them Adam and Eve. Keep this machine somewhere hidden and near them so to guide them and their offsprings for a few milleniums. Someday, if they are mature enough, tell them what happened.
I think most of us would like the possibility that WE can travel between the stars, not some incredibly disconnected OTHER.
For example, I would like to see Niagara Falls, not send someone there that I’ll never ever connect with again.
Create a device that can record and then allow to share experiences from other people.
No need for people at all then, just send another rover / probe.
Duuuuuuuuuuuuude
Read the “How It Unfolds” short story by James S. A. Corey, it is identical to your ideas.
Ha, thanks ... not available freely online yet it is : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_S._A._Corey
James S. A. Corey (June 27, 2023). How It Unfolds. The Far Reaches. Vol. 1. Amazon. ASIN B0C4R4V6KNAh, it’s included with Kindle Unlimited.
Oh man I love “The Expanse” series, but had no idea that James S.A. Corey was 2 people!
So glad to know. Not sure what to do with that info though.
I just bought the entire series, finally something good to read!