Can we really Save the Planet

[Kuya John]

21 hours ago, Foreigner said:

"Can we really Save the Planet?"

 

Our planet will always continue to survive (at least until our sun eventually gives out), albeit without humans on our planet.  The future of humanity will have to continue elsewhere in the universe on other habitable planets (at least until we detroy those too). 

So how long do you think our Children have got to find one?

[Kuya John]

A recent search of the Pacific Ocean 7 miles down, the deepest survey ever done, revealed that  plastic bags and sweet wrappers were

on the Ocean floor even at that depth!

Deepest-ever sub dive in Mariana Trench reveals rubbish littering ocean floor

[Foreigner]

45 minutes ago, Kuya John said:

22 hours ago, Foreigner said:

"Can we really Save the Planet?"

 

Our planet will always continue to survive (at least until our sun eventually gives out), albeit without humans on our planet.  The future of humanity will have to continue elsewhere in the universe on other habitable planets (at least until we detroy those too). 

So how long do you think our Children have got to find one?

If we (as a united planet) dedicated our resources, it could be done in less than 100 years. JMHO.  When we needed nuclear bombs, races to the moon, and other priorities, things have happened very fast.  We just need to make space travel to the outer reaches of the universe a priority for all countries. 

[jimeve]

9 hours ago, Kuya John said:

So how long do you think our Children have got to find one?

It's more of 'how many light years away is it? And how long will it take to reach it?' John, I'm sure they have found one but it would take millions of years to reach it, at the present speed of spacecraft. 

39 light years away. TRAPPIST-1: How Long Would It Take to Fly to 7-Planet System ...

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[Kuya John]

7 hours ago, jimeve said:

39 light years away

The more you look at things the more they become Movie-like.

On a more down to Earth basis, excuse the pun, it's so important that World Governments start to accept the fact that an environmental disaster of mega proportions is on the doorstep. Recent research in the UK has advised that it would be better to allow certain areas to flood rather than spend Millions on flood defences, and to rehouse displaced people elsewhere!

 

[Arizona Kid]

17 hours ago, Kuya John said:

So how long do you think our Children have got to find one?

THE END IS NEAR !! Well for me anyways..I'm getting pretty old.

[Foreigner]

16 hours ago, jimeve said:

It's more of 'how many light years away is it? And how long will it take to reach it?' John, I'm sure they have found one but it would take millions of years to reach it, at the present speed of spacecraft. 

Nah, it won't be too longer before humans will be able to travel faster than the speed of light with WARP Drives.

NASA Reveals Latest Warp-Drive Ship Designs

Look at the picture above. Nope, it’s not a snapshot of a Star Wars scene, or any other sci-fi movie. It’s what you get if you combine a NASA physicist working on achieving faster-than-light travel with a 3D artist, and the result is freaking AWESOME. And yes, you heard correctly, there are scientists working on faster-than-light travel, and this is what the ship could look like in the future.

You might be thinking to yourself right now “Faster-than-light travel? But Einstein!” Yes, according to Einstein’s theory of relativity, nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. But scientists are looking for ways to get around this, and a team based at NASA Eagleworks, led by Dr Harold “Sonny” White, have been working on just that. They discovered a loophole that could theoretically allow faster-than-light travel without breaking the laws of physics. How? Warp drive, of course!

If a spaceship could be designed in such a way that it created a warp bubble, then the space in front of the ship would be compressed and the space behind would expand. This would result in space-time moving around the object, repositioning the ship without it actually moving.

“Remember, nothing locally exceeds the speed of light, but space can expand and contract at any speed,” White told io9.

So of course, White’s new design incorporates these ideas and involves “a sleek ship nestled at the center of two enormous rings, which create the warp bubble,” 3D artist Mark Rademaker explained to io9. You can check out some more of Rademaker and White's ship design here. 

Think this sounds a little too futuristic? According to a report by Gizmodo, White’s team has been using a test instrument called a White-Juday Warp Field Interferometer in order to try and generate and detect microscopic instances of warp bubbles. If they can achieve this, then who knows how quickly the technology could advance. “Perhaps a ‘Star Trek’ experience within our lifetime is not such a remote possibility” says White.

If you’d like to find out more, watch this clip below from 41:54 to see White discussing the design: 

https://www.iflscience.com/space/nasa-reveals-latest-warp-drive-ship-designs/

[earthdome]

Let's just party like its 1999!

[Arizona Kid]

If humans will be able to travel at warp speed to reach other planets..will there still be porn?

[GeoffH]

16 minutes ago, Arizona Kid said:

If humans will be able to travel at warp speed to reach other planets..will there still be porn?

If you watch Season 2 of 'The Orville' then one of the episodes is about a crew member who programs the simulation (holo-deck) for a porn program.

So I'm going with yes