2006-06-16 00:58:09 · 4 answers · asked by dineshkumarn 1 in Travel ➔ Other - Destinations
aint gonna happen that soon buddy.
reason being though a lot of advancements have been made in the field of space exploration we still have a long way to go before we can eventually take "trips" to other planets.
the problem lies with the current generation of launch vehicles. we are still stuck with the shuttles which have an inherent risk.
and moreover its not that cost effective.
so first we need to have an absolutely safe and cost effective mode of transport then only we will able to make that trip.
but lets hope it happens soon enuff for us to witness it
2006-06-16 01:07:27 · answer #1 · answered by no_clue 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You likely won't be able to "holiday" to another planet in OUR solar system by 2040. Even the moon is a long shot.
Look at what all of mankind has done since 1969, with the first moon walks... in 37 years, we've built a few space stations, never returned to the moon, and just recently put two rovers on Mars. In the next 30 years, we'll likely only have the first few shipments of equipment and resources arriving at our next destination (Mars or the moon). It will then take a few years to put anything significant together, and a few more decades before private individuals could visit there. The year 2100 is a much more likely estimate of the first actual toursits "visits" to anything other than zero-gravity environs.
(The problem with prognostication is that people tend to use the areas of life that have the absolute fastest rates of change as a basis for comparison. For example, the changes in telephone communications and computers has been amazing in the past 40 years, but the changes in automobiles and plumbing have not experienced any widespread revolutionary leaps forward.)
2006-06-16 12:03:27 · answer #2 · answered by Alan B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without some competition (i.e. cold war etc.) space travel is highly unlikely to have got to the stage of holidays within our solar system. Even if it did you would have to be filthy rich!
No harm in wishing though!
2006-06-16 08:33:12 · answer #3 · answered by The Abbey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, it depends how soon the book of Epicurus and Archimedes will be read!
2006-06-16 08:10:06 · answer #4 · answered by soubassakis 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋