Interstellar Travel Won't Look Anything Like The Movie

[kevindavis007]

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Christopher Nolan's Interstellar imagines a human journey to planets beyond our star. But that kind of trip would seem impossible in today's terms. Fortunately, a DARPA-funded task force is already working to make it happen in the next century.


Mae Jemison, leader of the 100 Year Starship Project (100YSS) told Popular Science that enormous challenges stand between human beings and colonizing a distant star system. But she believes 100YSS can bring together the diversity and creativity of invention necessary to make it happen.


Source: http://interstellar-news.blogspot.com/2014/10/interstellar-travel-wont-look-anything.html

[Dexter]

I don't understand why humanity isn't more interested in space exploration and unlocking the secrets of the universe. There is nothing that will increase our quality of life and long term survivability more than scientific discovery and space exploration. If only people could pull their heads out of their asses and see that conquering science is the future of humanity. Even today we could be hundreds of years more advanced than we already are if not for most people being completely apathetic towards science. Imagine what would happen if tomorrow the entirety of humanity decided to dedicate its energy and resources to scientific expansion instead of war and stupidity. The progress we would see in even a short amount of time would be absolutely astounding. It's really very sad and disappointing that more people don't realize how important this stuff is.

[kevindavis007]

I don't understand why humanity isn't more interested in space exploration and unlocking the secrets of the universe. There is nothing that will increase our quality of life and long term survivability more than scientific discovery and space exploration. If only people could pull their heads out of their asses and see that conquering science is the future of humanity. Even today we could be hundreds of years more advanced than we already are if not for most people being completely apathetic towards science. Imagine what would happen if tomorrow the entirety of humanity decided to dedicate its energy and resources to scientific expansion instead of war and stupidity. The progress we would see in even a short amount of time would be absolutely astounding. It's really very sad and disappointing that more people don't realize how important this stuff is.

I understand your frustration, my guess it will take a disaster like say a Neutron star heading to this planet. Maybe a major war.. Something big has to light our butts on fire.. Or maybe something like in a certain upcoming movie Interstellar...

[Oceander]

I don't understand why humanity isn't more interested in space exploration and unlocking the secrets of the universe. There is nothing that will increase our quality of life and long term survivability more than scientific discovery and space exploration. If only people could pull their heads out of their asses and see that conquering science is the future of humanity. Even today we could be hundreds of years more advanced than we already are if not for most people being completely apathetic towards science. Imagine what would happen if tomorrow the entirety of humanity decided to dedicate its energy and resources to scientific expansion instead of war and stupidity. The progress we would see in even a short amount of time would be absolutely astounding. It's really very sad and disappointing that more people don't realize how important this stuff is.

Because the constant theme drummed into Western youth is that it's only important to "speak truth to power" about how horrible Western society has been. 

[kevindavis007]

Because the constant theme drummed into Western youth is that it's only important to "speak truth to power" about how horrible Western society has been.

Indeed...