interstellar travel

Shrykull · Post by **Shrykull** » 2003-04-27 01:08am

http://www.nobeliefs.com/death%26timetravel.htm

I don't know about it, can't confirm or deny if this is possible, or if he's right, don't have a scientific background, and what exactly does constitute "death" there's clinical death where your heart stops and not your brain, what about if you brain did stop, but you could be resusitated(sp?) your brain could be jump started like a dead car battery?

UltraViolence83 · Post by **UltraViolence83** » 2003-04-27 01:13am

What does that have to do with interstellar travel, exactly?

Shrykull · Post by **Shrykull** » 2003-04-27 01:23am

UltraViolence83 wrote:What does that have to do with interstellar travel, exactly?

in it he talks about suspended animation for the whole trip, one could be put in a ship.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-04-27 05:20am

Suspended animation is probably the most feasible way to make interstellar trips. Since it's theoretically impossible to beat the speed of light, we'd need over a lifespan to reach the nearest star. Freezing someone, or even having a Nth generation reach the destination is less far-fetched than hyperdrive or warp speed.

And even between those two, the freezing part is easier because they wouldn't have to eat, and would be the same people who started the journey with all the training and stuff. What if all the children wanted to be rock stars or whatever?

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2003-04-27 05:24am

you train them for what they need to survive, same way you do earthbound.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-04-27 05:50am

Yes but if you had a generation ship, you would have to have a dedicated training center for all the generations that follow, instead of simply having a trained person go into cryofreeze and then defrost and have all his knowledge intact. Plus the feeding and breathing capacity for centuries of travel would be prohibitive.

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2003-04-27 06:53am

Slartibartfast wrote: What if all the children wanted to be rock stars or whatever?

It would be kind of depressing to be a janitor, and know that your sons and grandsons would be janitors...

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-04-28 01:54am

3rd Impact wrote:
Slartibartfast wrote: What if all the children wanted to be rock stars or whatever?
It would be kind of depressing to be a janitor, and know that your sons and grandsons would be janitors...

Yeah, that would blow...