With our current technology and rocket capabilities, it would take just over 10,000 years for a craft to reach the ort cloud, and, as it were, venture beyond our own solar system. With that in mind, can anyone honestly propose that man will ever leave our solar system?
2007-10-26 12:58:39 · 5 answers · asked by Expat 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The bible says did I create the heavens simply for nothing.
Why would he make so many planets that won't be used?
The bible says the earth will be here forever and the day will come when mankind will not die. We will not have to worry about war, or its expense or its death. All humans alive will be healthy so no doctors. No hospitals and not law courts.
No political men the King Jesus Christ will rule the world.
What we do today will seem like child's play. Then we will be able to take time to understand the Universe and gravity and the solar system. One day a trip to another planet will be done as easily as going from California to New York city.
2007-10-26 13:21:09 · answer #1 · answered by cloud 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it probable that someday someone–maybe someone with a terminal disease–will volunteer to ride a rocket "out of the solar system." Without arguing how far that would be, 50,000 AU maybe, that would be possible, and whatever is possible could well happen.
If, on the other hand, mankind is expected to go 'in the flesh,' and a destination is implied, even a trip to Proxima Centauri, 4.3 light years away, would simply take too long. Without altering the makeup of the human body beyond what is implied by 'mankind,' there is a limit to the acceleration that the body can sustain. Knowing the distance and estimating this maximum acceleration, one can readily calculate the corresponding time of flight, and the number greatly exceeds any reasonable 'human' lifetime.
That leaves the old science fiction scenario of a space ship big enough to contain a functioning, self-sustaining culture. Is that within the capability of 'mankind'? Yes, if we don't wipe ourselves out first.
Is it probable? No. There needs to be a reason to make the trip, and I cannot conceive of one. Why would a culture fire itself out of the solar system knowing that none of the original astronauts (or their immediate generations) will survive to the destination... And there is nothing at Proxima Centauri to justify going.
2007-10-26 22:41:13 · answer #2 · answered by anobium625 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Humanity will leave the solarsystem. It is inevitable. You mention rockets. There is no reason for us to travel by rockets to other solarsystems. There is actually a way for humans to travel at the speed of light. It will take some work and some infrastructure but it is a real possibility. While the technology is maybe 20-50 years away the infrastructure can only be built by macines that will have travelled to a predetermined destination at sublightspeeds. And as the machines can only travel at a maximum of 65% of the speed of light it will take a while for humans to leave the solarsystem. And will take thousands of years for humans to be able to travel Star Trek style. If ever.
2007-10-26 20:08:13 · answer #3 · answered by DrAnders_pHd 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It would be nice to say Yes it will happen someday. I believe that with rate humans are destroying earth, its many resources, and each other, the likely hood of it happening is nil. I think the world will be destroyed (war) before our technology has the capability to travel that far.
2007-10-26 21:06:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hopes so and I hope I am alive to go. It would be like one last great adventure.
2007-10-26 20:05:49 · answer #5 · answered by Richmond C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋