how can you go to space without riding a spaceship?

Answer 1

I'm in space now. All matter is in space, I think.

Answer 2

Get a very long rope, tie one end to the back of the space shuttle, and the other to your waist. (Technically, this isn't riding, as such...)

Jokes aside, The entire universe is basically space. You are riding 'Spaceship Earth' NOW, but I think you are looking to get to the point where the density of matter falls to less than 1mg/M^3.

It takes a tremendous amount of energy to accellerate you to escape velocity - the Saturn V rocket generated 7.5M pounds of thrust just to get all three stages off of the ground.

Figure out how to accellerate your 100 pounds or so, plus all of your life support equipment (it cycles from VERY HOT to VERY COLD in space in milliseconds), plus the power supply FOR your life support equipment...without something for the thrust you'll need to get above the atmosphere.

Without teleportation, it can't be done.

HOWEVER, having said that, do a search on google for 'Quantum Teleportation' - maybe you can figure out a way to apply that on a macro scale. Good luck!

Answer 3

There are ideas about magnetic guide rails. Kind of like particle accelerators, they use magnetic fields to accelerate an object to quick speeds. It's theoretically possible to create a circular ring to fling an object around at ever-accelerating speeds until it's moving fast enough to achieve escape velocity. Aim it up, let it go. And bye bye.

Atmospheric science: What goes up, must come down.
Orbital Mechanics: What come around goes around.

EDIT:
What the previous poster was refering to about bending spacetime is a concept known as the alcubierre drive. It theorizes that spacetime can be compressed infront of an object, and expanding behind it. That would cause foreward momentum of the area of space between the two distortions of spacetime. That area, known as the "warp bubble" would not be subject to any momentum forces, intertia, or relativistic time dilations, since anything within the area would be stationary relative to local spacetime.

As for teleportation. Quantum entanglement can only transmit information, not matter.

Answer 4

that is disgraceful. The shuttles necessary to be retired. whether the certainty that we've been so shortsighted (politicians not NASA) as to not have a working replace up and working via the time they have been retired purely screams stupidity. it would be remarkable if we had a joint area software or some thing of the type with the Russians and others, yet we don't. on account that we don't that is ridiculous that we are having to place self assurance in yet another u . s . to get our own astronauts into area to flow to the supposedly "international" area station that we paid maximum human beings of. Oklatono we weren't enemies with the Russians. We have been enemies with the Soviet Union. thoroughly distinctive. Texas used to hitch Mexico yet Texans are not our enemy. The Russian human beings have been purely as plenty sufferers of the Soviet Union as all people else. The anti-communist training do not prepare because of the fact Russia isn't communist.

Answer 5

yes, space elevator. also, the X-15 (experimental jet) made it to space. If you rode on one, you could've earned your astronaut wings without ever being on a spaceship =]

Answer 6

You could wear a Power Suit like Samus Aran.

Answer 7

Space Elevator- New by NASA look at http://www.space.com/futureofflight/index.html

Answer 8

Space elevator.
doh!

damn you Aimee P!!!!

Answer 9

it's a very simple matter of bending space/time, but I won't share that knowledge with you - it's just too dangerous.

Answer 10

when you close your eyes at night and fall asleep, if you dream about space...there you go. Besides that, you can't.