2006-06-16 08:21:18 · 23 answers · asked by spiderman 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Star Trek was one of the first science fiction concepts that didn't predict an apocolyptic future.
If we don't dream in ideals like this, we have no chance of figuring out the interim steps we need to take to get there.
So I believe, yes we could and we will. Either voluntarily or through great conflict we will arrive at the same conclusions that Gene Roddenbery has come to. Mind you, he consulted many extremely foresightful people to solidify the concept.
2006-06-16 08:40:27 · answer #1 · answered by Mesa P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Looking at the technology in Star Trek, the most difficult thing to create is actually those hand-held phasers as they need to pack a lot of energy into such a small hand-held device. A laser which can shoot a coke can would need to be the size of a 747 in terms of batteries.
Also, the transporter has a few challenges. Whilst teleportation is currently in research, to teleport a person would involve deconstructing the person at the quantum level, and transmitting that data to the destination. If the data was compiled onto DVDs, they would probably stack from here to the moon. Also, deconstructing a person would mean killing them - would the reconstruction at the other end be the same person (is there such thing as a soul? would it pick up the new body?). One thing which Star Trek isn't clear with teleportation is how a person can be picked up/dropped off without there being a transporter pad at the source or destination.
The artificial gravity plates on the Starships are a puzzle. Currently, no-one has any ideas as to how these could be created.
The warp drive will probably be the first thing we see. Don't be surprised if a real life warp drive involves going into hyperspace.
2006-06-16 17:57:55 · answer #2 · answered by nemesis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No and who would want to, were more likely to leave a beautiful planet called Earth, build on moons and use space technology to explore as science teams. We willspread amongst the solar system and keep colonies and be allies with the good aliens we can. Sharing technology, like building as for and alike when the Europeans came to America and the Indie islands.
The technology on star trek won't be the same and colonies won't be the same and aliens will be and look diffferent and a totally different technology than warp. It will be hyperspace drives not warp if anything as warp requires so much energy it would cause alot of spacetime windows and wormholes and a black hole would crush the ship from spacetime flux (fluctuation formaty).
It wouldn't be good either as extra-terrestrial xenophobia would take over and as they say no war, war would be horrible and planet wars, star wars and even galactic wars. If we have warp drives there maybe even universe wars.
It would be death and destruction.
Anyway the galaxy is large but we have mapped most of it. Even though light has taken time to reach us, if so the Andromeda galaxy is already ripping through the Milky way so no way is star trek going to be real.
2006-06-18 10:02:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, because Star Trek assumed a lot of things that are false, like space travel is possible. The problem with that is that there are varying energy fields in space, and they shape all the little atoms and their electrons and neutrons and protons. This is why we see all the awesome things in space like double helix galaxies and big spiraling galaxies. It will be extremely tough to navigate around the Universe when the conditions that support life and the matter we're compossed of are here in our solar system.
Also, the world seems to be going to hell too quickly anyways. Star Trek was a unified peaceful Earth.
2006-06-16 16:12:13 · answer #4 · answered by Tony, ya feel me? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is very fantastic. There are huge obstacles, not the least of which is the mere construction of something that large. Assuming you could not do it on the surface of the earth because it would cost way too much to get it to orbit (short of some sort of gravity propulsion system). If you built this craft in orbit around the earth, it would literally tear itself apart during construction. The only option would be to construct it somewhere with limited gravitational forces (but then you have to get all of the materials and personnel there). Perhaps nothing is impossible but, some things are highly improbable.
2006-06-16 15:36:41 · answer #5 · answered by ?man 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Star trek and dream should never be in the same sentence
2006-06-20 14:24:47 · answer #6 · answered by Melc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a great hope, I really hope we come to that eventually without killing off ourselves and our planet first. We can't even seem to get past color, nationality, sexual preference, political alliance or anything else that makes us different from each other - so how can we accept a totally alien species? Who knows, maybe that's what it'll take to bring us all together!!
2006-06-16 15:28:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps when we live in the 22nd century but you would have to travel at the speed of light and be able to teleport from place to place.Warp drive and black holes seem along way off.
2006-06-18 16:07:01 · answer #8 · answered by marshman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no I hate star trek
2006-06-16 21:17:02 · answer #9 · answered by hkyboy96 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ONly if we figure out if there is some way we can go faster than the speed of light, oh yeah and find an abundant, powerful, low cost fuel.
2006-06-16 17:00:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋