11-19-2024, 01:01 PM
Truth be told, the full range of technology (in all the gritty details that would need to be addressed) required for interstellar travel leads me to think that such is so far beyond our current abilities that any guesses as to how a starship would actually work are either just WAGs or attempts to create enthusiasm or 'sensawonda' rather than serious attempts at design.
Making a closed ecosystem or life support system that can function for anywhere from decades to millennia inside a structure that is only a tiny fraction of the size of a planetary surface is something I don't think we have even the faintest idea how to do. At least I've seen nothing/next to nothing in the way of writings about it in all my metaphorical travels.
This is not to say such is impossible or that we won't ever do it or won't do it for thousands of years. Just that there are a huge number of details that most authors don't even begin to touch on and the level of know how required is so distant from current state of the art that we can't predict with any confidence when it will become possible (IMO).
Todd
Making a closed ecosystem or life support system that can function for anywhere from decades to millennia inside a structure that is only a tiny fraction of the size of a planetary surface is something I don't think we have even the faintest idea how to do. At least I've seen nothing/next to nothing in the way of writings about it in all my metaphorical travels.
This is not to say such is impossible or that we won't ever do it or won't do it for thousands of years. Just that there are a huge number of details that most authors don't even begin to touch on and the level of know how required is so distant from current state of the art that we can't predict with any confidence when it will become possible (IMO).
Todd
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