30 Jun 02:19
--Unless stargate
30 Jun 02:18
--I think we can do star travel without FTL, using something like a generation ship or (if cold sleep is worked out) sleeper ships.
30 Jun 02:17
--Oh thanks, that is what everyone else told me LOL. :-) Maybe I'm just too self-conscious.
30 Jun 02:17
--Haha. Nice. I do believe any space travel we do will be on very large timeframes, and only very very locally
30 Jun 02:16
--I think it's cool - you look like someone who thinks about stuff - maybe you should have been rubbing your chin or something too?
30 Jun 02:14
--No no that is Dr. Edward Purcell, who penned a paper refuting the idea of interstellar travel
30 Jun 02:12
--Here, you can see my first article here. And my dorky-as-fuck picture LOL. http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=34464
30 Jun 02:11
--I don't think we should necessarily colonize a planet with already occuring life, though, that might turn out badly based on our track record on Earth.
30 Jun 02:10
--I mean, if we find one with biosignatures, we GOT to get a probe with a camera there or something.
30 Jun 02:10
--It all started when I was a kid, I started wondering how we might really get to those exoplanets we are discovering.
30 Jun 02:09
--One frequented by a lot of actual Phds and stuff, I was kinda scared at first.
30 Jun 02:09
--I got invited to write for a blog on interstellar probes and stuff though.
30 Jun 02:08
--Anyway as I said I'm just a layman when it comes to propulsion...and pretty much everything now
30 Jun 02:07
--Just saying oh look, x energy there, therefore let's have it because maths and stuff lol