not true at all
in theory , its possible to use dark energy to warp space in front of and behind a spacecraft ( in fact , dark energy isnt the only way to do this )
the craft would not actually move at all , rather , the space it resides in would change posistions relative to the space posistions of earth , and its destination

and this is only the the knowaldge we have gained so far
as we progress , and gain a better and better understanding of things , so what we are able to imagine changes

You don't actually know what will do it, nobody does. But technology is progressing so fast anything at this point is possible. We'll have men on Mars before the half century mark, probably earlier.

Funding at this point really doesn't matter, once the Mars missions become closer interest will rebound and more money will be speant. It doesn't even need to be space funding now, as long as technological advances continue its very possible.

this lol if aliens were here they would be hundreds of thousands if not millions of more years advanced then us. them trying to make contact with us is just fucking stupid why would they? they can learn anything / everything that wanted to know with out saying a damn word to us the most logical thing to do is send a probe to the moon and just monitor us and scan our planet and scan us to get all the information they needed its unlikely then come here in person just send robots in there place the amount of effort and energy to send biological beings into space is 100000x harder then robots atm our intelligence compared to theirs would be an ant "us" rivaling a human "aliens" do we humans take the time and try and explain to a ant what a car is? let alone a super turn pike with 8 lanes? no we just watch and study them learning everything there is to know aliens wont try and contact us until were at least what a dog is to a human then there can be some interaction at least some level of understanding

This post was edited by five33 on May 16 2011 07:57am

Which still requires technology and knowledge far, far more advanced than our current level of understanding.



Manned missions to Mars are a far cry from FTL travel.

someone watches dr mikachu

If humanity wasnt so fuckign stupid at puting their money at killing each other, we would be living on Mars right now.

And lol at this thread.

This post was edited by Krypto on May 16 2011 08:07am

Why do you say this? Terra-forming the planet would take hundreds, if not thousands, of years, and our current technology isn't even remotely close to allowing us to live on Mars in a sort of Bio-dome or anything like that.

there is no 1 over arching thing that is " technology "
rather , there are many " technology's "
and what is prevalent depends alot on economic circumstance

an example

steam power was invented by the ancient greeks , over 2 thousand years ago ( it was used to open and close a door , of all things )
so , why didnt the greeks develop steam power to the extent that it could power " cars " and the like ?
becuase , who would do that , when they had slaves ?
it costs time and money to develop a technology , and no1 will pay for it , when there is no real payoff in sight

This post was edited by Matao on May 16 2011 08:26am

When someone says "technology," they usually mean technology as a whole. Man has stopped funding space exploration because they know that it's a fruitless venture(For now), and there are much more pressing matters to attend with on Earth. Even if there was no war, most of the funding would go to improving life on Earth, not to space agencies.

possibly
however , many see getting off this planet as a priority , as we refuse to limit our population in any significant way
even now , there are huge amounts being spent on " space " , which is not just the building of vehicles ,etc
not to mention , that seeing as we have a nation state system , efforts are replicated by nations over and again , rather than building continuously on previous achievements