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i dont think so unless technology becomes really advanced to the point that we will be able to pass the speed of light but i dont think that will happen for thousands of years and humans might not be alive in thousands of years.

2006-08-11 09:26:52 · answer #1 · answered by bubbagump 3 · 0 1

considering we first flew about 100 years ago, then first went into space about 40 years ago, yes, we should be able to reach another solar system at some point.

Once Physics have been mastered to the point, we should be able to alter a ship, or reality to travel at high rates of speed. Considering Ion drives have been invented that can increase a ships speed steadily (but slowly) to much faster than any solid fuel engine, we are making steps toward reaching further in space.

The real question is when we will be able to do it. It could be 50 years if there is a break through, or 100 years, or a few hundred years, but there is no reason why we should think it would never happen, save for human kind being wiped out.

2006-08-11 09:34:13 · answer #2 · answered by ColvinBri 2 · 1 0

I think that it depends on how broadly you define "human."

If you mean the sapient offspring of human civilization, whatever form they may take, then I think that it is an inevitability. There's no physical law preventing travel between star systems, and a power source known to be possible (fusion) will be able to provide sufficient energy to propel starships to the nearest stars within a half-century of launch - which, although still a long time, is short enough that we can reasonably expect our equipment to still be working when it finally gets to its destination. As such, if humanity doesn't wipe itself out, we WILL develop the necessary technology for starflight. And once the technology is available, someone will use it, if for no other reason than to prove that it can be done. And when that starship leaves, there will be people on it, because we will want to get everything possible out of that mission and that means that whatever we send must be capable of accomodating new mission profiles depending on what they find at the far end, which pretty much requires that we send people.

On the other hand, if by "human" you mean "biological homo sapiens sapiens," I think it's questionable whether they'll ever get off the planet, let alone out of the solar system. Already, we are beginning to see the emergence of new technologies, such as cybernetics and genetic engineering, which will permit substantial modification of the human form. Computer technology is also continuing to advance, having already reached the point where some supercomputer clusters have more raw processing power than the human brain. All that remains is to provide these computers with suitable software and they will beomce sapient beings in their own right - admittedly, actually creating such suitable software is no easy task, but in the worst case we can simply have them emulate the neural connections of a human brain. The result of all these new technologies is that in the next few decades, we will see the emergence of sapient people who are manufactured rather than born - cyborgs and androids that are both smarter and more resilient than any human could ever be. Of course everyone will want their children to take advantage of these new technologies, since those using them will be indisputably superior. And so very soon anyone who can afford to do so will be having "enhanced" children, meaning that the only biological homo sapiens left will be the descendants of the poor, and being inferior to the artificial humans will be unable to lift themselves out of poverty. Obviously, such people will never be able to afford transport themselves off-planet, especially since the commercial space-transport industry will cater towards those who are engineered not to require complicated and bulky life-support systems (since they will be cheaper to accomodate). Thus, even if biological homo sapiens are permitted to survive indefinitely, it is clear that they will never be allowed to travel to the stars, but only to create the race that will.

2006-08-11 10:02:51 · answer #3 · answered by Pascal 7 · 0 0

in 1900 no one had thought that the atomic bomb would be invented .
& it is the same thin ......... there may be alot of people who don't beliave that humans will fly into another solar system .
But who knows ...? it might be correct or wrong . It might be tomorrow or after 100 years . All of that are in the God's hands .

2006-08-11 09:35:45 · answer #4 · answered by lord_and_master25 2 · 0 0

I think if we could find some sort of eternal fuel, like some sort of fusion to propel us that far into space w/o running out of anything, then yes. If that could be done now, I think we could do it now, the only problem would be that by the time any human being got there, they would be long ago dead.

2006-08-11 09:28:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

as far as roaming the picture voltaic equipment is going, it is theoretically accessible to create a base on Mars and the Moon, yet there is not any actual reason behind us to attain this. we can't study a lot extra with the aid of sending a human than we may be able to with the aid of sending a robotic probe, and robotic probes do not favor to be shipped with 12-24 months' nutrition, oxygen, and water; no longer to coach sufficient gas to get them *back* to Earth. till we may be able to strip off Venus' environment or revive Mars' geological pastime, no different planet ought to possibly be terraformed, which signifies that any bases we were to construct ought to might want to endlessly be sealed in an airtight structure. we've problem controlling the temperature in a 20-floor place of work progression; preserving a base like that ought to correctly be a nightmare, quite if it ought to take 6-twelve months to get any needed resources. as far as leaving the picture voltaic equipment, it is purely no longer plausible with present day technologies. It takes 9 years to commute from Earth to Pluto (New Horizons become released in 2006 and is expected to make it there with the aid of mid-2015) and the Voyager probes have shown that Pluto is a really, very lengthy distance from the fringe of the picture voltaic equipment. It took the Voyager probes 30 years to make it 1/2 of one mild-day from the middle of the picture voltaic equipment. there is not any way lets anticipate to make it 5-5,000 mild years to hit upon different image voltaic platforms.

2016-11-29 22:43:23 · answer #6 · answered by scharfschwerdt 3 · 0 0

I am very happy to say yes.

My great grandmother saw the Wright Brothers fly and couldn't believe it; my parents saw man step foot on the moon and couldn't believe it; I saw the first private space ship fly into outer space.

What do you think my great grand children will see???

2006-08-11 10:18:20 · answer #7 · answered by BOB W 3 · 0 0

How will human fly into another solar system when God created the earth just for human. Genesis 1:28

2006-08-11 09:27:41 · answer #8 · answered by problemsolver86 3 · 0 4

Judging by the EXTREME distance between stars, somehow I do not think it is to be that there will ever be interstellar travel.

2006-08-11 09:35:07 · answer #9 · answered by Sleeping Troll 5 · 0 0

yes but it will sure be along time off - that assumes the species can exist for the time it will take to learn how to.

2006-08-11 09:29:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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