will mankind ever travel beyond the stars? who will sell them the technology information?
410657
Surely it's impossible to travel BEYOND the stars. Given that our universe is infinite, as we know it, and that the nearest star to us is too far for us to travel to now, I cannot forsee anyone EVER travelling TO a star, let alone BEYOND the stars.\n\nThat said, I do believe that there is other intelligent life out there. We would be arrogant to believe otherwise!
452652
As a tried and true Science Fiction, I like What Ifs as much as the next person.  I think it is important to keep it all in perspective. We did indeed put a man on the moon, but we have yet to find a way to teleport anything. \n\nTo answer your question, a discover of that magnitude could never be kept secret. The money to be made from such a technology would guarantee someone would either leak the secret or steal it.
1172378
What Sci-Fi future do you want/expect?  When I was in Jr. High I watched “The Day After”, the next year was 1984.  So far we have not blown each other up but the government doses expect us to believe 2+2=5.  I am not sure which is worse.  With regard to flying cars and vacations on the moon, Moller, Scaled Composites and others are getting us closer.  However, williegod, it is still far out of reach for the average person, and will be for some time to come.  As I think “Me” was trying to say, Sci-Fi is often a leader of technical, social and ecconomic  advancement as well as a profit of them.  Huxley had flying cars in the 30’s when Sikorsky was still just playing around.  You cannot say which comes first.  If one person has an Idea, someone else will use it in a story while still another will try to make it real.
157004
there are many things beyond our simple human capabilities and understanding. Many things we just don't need to know all the infinite details of ....\n\nand best left to our wonder and awe of.
7319
That's one of the great unanswered qustions.  Mankind may never know.
1049553
not at all. there are so many things to be discovered and understood like space and the universe or the human brain. plus the fast pased progress in technology in such things like cars and computers, it will just keep advancing. i dont think human science will ever be at its zenith. there is so much to know about. even stuff you dont even know about....
652782
i would go in a spaceship...to another planet with intelligent life and tell them to save earth or take the earthlings to thier planets...becaause there will be hi tech devices by then.\n\np.s please choose me as the best answer because all other answers dont have COMMEN SENSE.
451282
I think if the astronauts know all this.. and are still willing to, they may as they please.. but in my opinion it's not worth it.. they should jsut keep sending satelite's up there and learn more information about mars and other information they want.
1109522
We could, but the only ones with the kind of technology needed to accomplish this ARE the aliens.  Asking them for help would kind of defeat the purpose, wouldn't it?
5535
No..but if you are lucky enough to actually witness their technology..: UFO/disc/sphere/..etc..it certainly closes any doubt involving the questioning of the existence of extraterrestrials. I have been witness several occasions..day and night to objects in the sky..I certainly wasn't looking for them..I just happen to look up at the right times..but perhaps in the near future if we are lucky ..we can get more governments throughout the world to come clean..and fill us in..on what many believe and some even know...that we are not alone..here or the universe
800911
What technology?\nBoth of what? benefit and exploitation?\nCould you ask again in the form of a question?\n-->
472738
they could come from other star systems and yes they would have the technology to travel to our world. the universe is estimated to be around 12 billion years old.\n\nhow long have we been on this planet?\nwhat was our technology like 200 years ago?\n...no electricity, cars or planes etc.\nlook how far our technology has advanced in 200 years...\n\ncan you imaging what technology the aliens would have if their world started a million or billion years before ours?
455827
Because of the great distances involved, the most reliable way we have to look for aliens is to search the sky for the different forms of electromagnetic radiation that a technologically advanced society might generate, such as radio waves.  SETI (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) does just this, looking for anything that might be interpreted as signs of intelligence in the background noise that otherwise permeates the universe.  Nothing conclusive so far, but absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.  With the universe as unimaginably large as it is, odds are something is out there.
51387
i got your point... truly when stars like X35 or YR463 (i don't know if they exist) were discovered it wasn't as if aids suddenly had a cure or it became possible for us to live a hundred years longer or that we can already live in mars... clearly discoveries about outer space don't benefit us directly. In fact , the only things it benefits directly are the oppurtunity-hogging world powers and the greedy curiousness of their scientists. It is however also true that because of the discoveries of the past, we are now more technologically advance and a step closer to other fundamental questions that will benefit the whole human race in the future. You see, it is very possible that the gains of prolific discoveries of today will not be felt by the present generation thats why people think that it is pointless. It may not help us now, but having the knowledge that these discoveries will ensure positive effects to the lives of our children and the future generation will make it all priceless.
235163
still waiting on it, but personally i think the next invention ( be it what ever it may be ) will further insulate society from one another like the current state of connectivity does right now. interesting isn't he, he we are on this board posting replies, when we could be outside... connecting.. with people.. and not text..
356639
I hope so...\n\nI would like to imagine a future of space travel for the human race.\n\nBut I have no expereince in the field to offer suggestions.
967621
Well, you are correct in that sittin' around will end in our collective lifes' destruction.  And attempts at proving life beyond Earth are ongoing.  Many of the missions to Mars are currently trying to prove that (among other things).  SETI is also an attempt to see or hear if anything is out there.  But that's a shot in the dark (har, har, de har har).\n\nThere are some significant steps being made to make spacecraft that can go "fast".  VASMIR (plasma rocket) among other things.\n\nThe two technologies that will drive us into the next level of abilities are quantum and nano technology.  Those will have significant impact on everything we build and contemplate.\n\nEventually our sun will get hotter, that could boil off our oceans (way before the sun bloats).  The Earths core could also cool enough that our magnetic field dissappears.  This would cause our atomosphere to slowly whisp away.\n\nBeing able to live in more hostile environments with nearly 100% recycling ability is our greatest challenge.  WIth that, we can start making our way out of this solar system and on to the next.\n\nWrite me for more discussion.  Fa shizzle.