Humanity will be lucky if they get a viable breeding population established off planet to ensure Human survival in the face of natural or man-made disaster here on Earth. You probably haven't got a chance to even colonize your Moon or Mars. Over the centuries, your planet was a curious place to visit once or twice and was not considered very interesting . Sure, your wars showed us how undeveloped you are as a species. Your infantile,(in cosmic terms) dependence on god concepts does not bode well for you and neither does your penchant to breed beyond your planet's ability to sustain you. We are now showing an interest in you because it is not often that we get to observe a species commit suicide. You are so close to maturing as a sentient species and it will be a shame to see you kill yourselves. There are just not enough of you becoming rational enough to force the issue. You let the least among you determine your fate, so be it.
2006-11-24 10:40:06
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answered by iknowtruthismine 7
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Yes, the Andromeda Galaxy is far too far for us to visit, and far too vast for ust to take on lightly. Our own galaxy needs exploring first, and is very massive, on the order of 200,000 light years across, and contains hundreds of BILLIONS of stars. If the distance from here to alpha centauri were a centimeter, (about 4.5 light years) then the andromeda galaxy would be over 5.5 kilometers away!
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"This kind of imagination has not been attempted even in the best scientific fiction so far"
There was one book that comes to mind, though physically traveling the distance was not the method of travel...it was Battlefield Earth. The Psychlos used a matter exchanger of some sort to move between stars, galaxies, and even dimensions.
2006-11-24 05:03:53
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answered by ~XenoFluX 3
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The distance to Andromeda is estimated as 2.9Million light years. Looks to me, travel to Andromeda Galaxy, is impossible considering the present, life cycle o Humans and and rocket engine development. In a conservative estimate we need 29000 generations to reach this galaxy. We should attempt to perfect our techniques to Moon &Mars. Talking about reaching the the nearest Galaxy is not only over-ambitious but looks impossible in the near or distant future. May be it is possible when mankind extends its life cycle to million years and travel at 100 times the speed of light. This kind of imagination has not been attempted even in the best scientific fiction so far.
2006-11-24 03:38:45
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answered by openpsychy 6
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Unless in the future humanity is able to teleport of travel at 100,000 times the speed of light then it is Highly unlikely. The Andromeda Galaxy is 2,500,000 light-years away from our solar system and even with our current technology it takes us 40,000 years to reach only the nearest star.
2006-11-24 04:37:33
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answered by Anonymous
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Absolutely!
I can remember when I was in grade school back in the thirties and we were told that it would be impossible for man to ever travel to the moon because it would take so long that they would not live long enough to get there!
And now look at it! The trip takes what? Three days now????
In twenty years from now man will be going all over the Universe and we will probably be visited by "space visitors" from outer space in this time.
2006-11-24 03:26:49
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answered by Anonymous
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We will eventually when the Milky way and Andromeda merge in a few billion years.
2006-11-24 03:22:58
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answered by Gene 7
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Not for another three billion years or something like that. The dinosaurs may be back by then.
2006-11-24 06:49:42
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answered by Phoenix 1
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i'd say alpha centauri is a better bet before andromeda galaxywise(i think it's closer)
2006-11-24 03:31:19
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answered by Pale Rider 4
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Since space-time is so intricate, probably there are humans already there as we speak.
2006-11-24 03:29:00
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answered by Anonymous
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Of course.
2006-11-24 03:39:24
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answered by ag_iitkgp 7
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