will people travel the stars like in star trek ?
597494
First off, there's no air in space...therefore you'd have to have a pretty huge supply of contained air for breathing.  On the space station, they have just that, a lot of air canisters attached to the main systems.  They get resupplied when the next ship reaches them.  On a long journey like star-trek proposes, it would be impossible to resupply the air.  However if you have specific routes, I don't see why a remote, or route serving space station wouldn't be possible.  For exploration travel, I don't think it's possible, we can reach a point then there we could build a station and start over, basically.\nAs far as matter/anti-matter engines.  We very well may have other ideas for long term travel(but still have to get over the air resupply)as far as propulsion goes.  I'm sure there are a few governments interested in engines that could take us beyone our known galaxy, however mostly their interest lies in the power behind the engines.  Anything that powerful would also be harnessed into power for a weapon of some sort!  On this planet, I do not think the people/governments of the world are ready for that kind of power.
26371
Actually yes, they are planning a "Space Elevator"\n(Warning, while source below is mostly acccurate, the scientific papers could take years to get through)
609881
Yes, they will. Not very soon, but they've done almost all the rest of the star trek stuff, so why stopping.
491273
Right now, we're not even close to faster-than-light (or FTL) travel.  All out traveling has to be done at less than the speed of light, so most stars are farther away than we can get to.  Even at half the speed of light (which is far faster than we can travel) it would take 8 years to reach the nearest star, not counting the Sun.  (Not to mention 8 more years to get home afterward!)  Nothing can move faster than the speed of light, so our best hope is to do just like they do on Star-Trek.  The found a way to bend spacetime to get to distant stars without actually moving through normal space, which had less of a curve.  Nobody has any idea how to do that now, so we just have to keep expanding our understanding of science until we do.  Until then, I think our best bet on meeting intelligent extraterrestrial life is to hope for them to come to us!
722764
well since they have the exotic technology to travel light years across the galaxy then they probably have a nice menu set up for their intergalactic barbeque travels.\n\nALIEN 1:\n"hey, we are passing that 3rd planet from the sun...how about we fire up the barbie and cook some hot human @$$!"\nALIEN 2:\n"no, no, no, this time lets go for the big breasted blobs of meat that run around that small star system 4 light years in that direction?"
347700
Well it would be a show like the movie 2001 space Odyssey.  People want Star Wars...
1043804
For human beings to fly solo? :)\nIt may seen very science-fictiony but hopefully, one day we will create a backpack-like device which will allow us to individually fly here and there.\n\nOn the other end of the scale, humans have yet to discover what is at the VERY deep end of the dark oceans...and I'm sure that there are many creatures there we have not discovered yet.
670964
no, i haven't been to space or around the world. then again, not many people have.\n\nit would be ok and all but just thinking about being out there not knowing "exactly" where you're headed. i'll pass. what if you run out of gas and your ship is stuck out there? what if you lose contact with humans on earth, how will you let them know that you need help??? but then again on the other hand, you are in space seeing everything with your own eyes. nah, i'll stick to seeing space through internet and through my dreams..i'm a lot safer in my bed dreaming...
183448
ABSOLUTELY!!!   I am always in need of a Trek-Fix.  Thank God for DVD's and reruns.   It would be nice to see something new from the Star Trek Universe though, even if it came to us in cartoon format.  I'd still watch it.   Heck, they've redone Battlestar Galactica with all new casting.  They could pull it off with Trek, they'd just have to be true to the series (like not making a previously male character a female), or making Spock a Klingon.
785087
We cannot leave our solar system until we figure out how to travel at much higher speeds than we can now.  Even if we could travel at 1/2 of light speed, it would still take 8 years to get to the nearest star.  The crew would have very little to do during the voyage.  And, they'd have to carry supplies for the 16-year round trip.  The ship would be enormous -- certainly larger than anything we have ever built.\n\nUntil we can find a way to travel at speeds faster than light, we will not be able to visit other star systems.
71141
I've gotta suggest Kirk's (or Picard's) adventures as a young man. What were these guys like before they became captains? How about a look at their time in Starfleet Academy?\n\nFailing that, how about a show that takes place at the Academy?\n\nOh man, now I'm broadcasting dork waves all over the internet. Damn it.
306697
I think, barring an "extinction level event" (i.e. large planet-killing meteorite, nuclear holocaust, etc.) human nature impels us to explore.  As our technology advances we will expand outwards, first to orbit and the moon and eventually out into the solar system.  Sooner or later, even the solar system will start to feel small, and people will begin to look toward nearby stars.  What obstacles we may encounter are left to the imagination, but, unless something stops us before we get established in space, it will be difficult (if not impossible) to keep us from expanding across the galaxy...there are no limits.
1011585
One that would travel the spaceways, from planet to planet
44512
I sincerely hope so.   Before Enterprise was put on the air, several other ideas were pitched for a new series.   There was one that had the StarFleet Acadamey approach, where we followed cadets through Academy adventures.  Another brought the original characters of Kirk, Spock, McCoy, etc... back aboard the Enterprise.  Of course, the actors would be new.   I'm thinking if they redo a Trek, it might be that, considering how well the new Battlestar Galactica turned out.
1183835
With the current advances in transportation technology, it will be possible it is just a matter of time.  The main problem that space exploration has to deal with is radiation surges caused by solar flares.  They have to develop a proper shielding and detection system that is light enough to launch into outer space.  That is one of the reasons why it is debated whether or not man has even walked on the moon because of the immense amount of radiation that the ship would have been forced to endure would it have traveled that distance.  There are a number of other proofs provided for both sides taht I will not get into.  I think that it is possible and that man will accomplish it if the Lord tarries his coming.
575282
It's spelled "Star Trek". Since The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager and Enterprise are all over, then they will probably make a new Star Trek, but I get the feeling it probably won't be for a while.
24024
Space and Earth have little to do with the event.  I assume that you are referring to the problem of the very fast moving space ship relative to the slow moving Earth.  Time aboard the ship would seem to pass as normal.  Time on Earth would seem normal.  Time passage for someone on the ship as seen by someone on Earth would seem to slow down.  The faster relative velocity of the ship the slower time on board the ship would seem to someone still on Earth.