Montag, 8. Januar 2018
Nach nur drei Monaten als Traveller-Produktmanager bei 13Mann bin ich gestern Abend mit sofortiger Wirkung zurückgetreten, da es aus meiner Sicht bei 13Mann keine Grundlage für solch eine Tätigkeit gibt.
Sonntag, 7. Januar 2018
FTL, Faster Than Light-travel. As fas as we can currently say, it is impossible, right?
And the same is, by current understanding, true for generation ships or relativistic travel to other stars.
But here's a thought. Look at the universe. This incredible, giant vastness. Hundreds of billions of stars in our galaxy alone, and millions of galaxies that we can see (along with many more that we can't.).
Carl Sagan wrote in one of his novels, Contact: “The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space.”
And I would like to go one step further. If FTL, if interstellar travel of any kind, is truly impossible - that would be an aful waste of space, too.
Hence I believe we should work with the expectation that the universe is structured in such a way that it allows for FTL. And I would go one step further: That it allows for FTL that is not particularly energy-hungry and does not require giant installations. With that expectation, we can begin searching.
Now, the scientist in you will say "nono, that's not how you find new insights!". Of course it usually isn't. But sometimes, being determined that something is there to find it makes it faster and more likely to actually find it, even if everything previously looked as if it wasn't there. As it currently seems that FTL is not possible, we won't loose anything by just pretending it is not, and keeping looking. Except the resources and time spent for it, of course.
Under that assumption, The OTU's jump drive is as good as any other speculation. The ideas for FTL that meet the above criteria are all so far off the chart of present-day physics that we basically don't know where such a method exists - but we cannot entirely rule it out either. We just know that within what we understand, there is no such thing. But (as opposed to reactionless drives, which are truly impossible as written), there is still room left where we might place the effects required for FTL and interstellar travel.
Sonntag, 7. Januar 2018
FTL, Faster Than Light-travel. As fas as we can currently say, it is impossible, right?
And the same is, by current understanding, true for generation ships or relativistic travel to other stars.
But here's a thought. Look at the universe. This incredible, giant vastness. Hundreds of billions of stars in our galaxy alone, and millions of galaxies that we can see (along with many more that we can't.).
Carl Sagan wrote in one of his novels, Contact: “The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space.”
And I would like to go one step further. If FTL, if interstellar travel of any kind, is truly impossible - that would be an aful waste of space, too.
Hence I believe we should work with the expectation that the universe is structured in such a way that it allows for FTL. And I would go one step further: That it allows for FTL that is not particularly energy-hungry and does not require giant installations. With that expectation, we can begin searching.
Now, the scientist in you will say "nono, that's not how you find new insights!". Of course it usually isn't. But sometimes, being determined that something is there to find it makes it faster and more likely to actually find it, even if everything previously looked as if it wasn't there. As it currently seems that FTL is not possible, we won't loose anything by just pretending it is not, and keeping looking. Except the resources and time spent for it, of course.
Under that assumption, your favorite science fiction universe's FTL is as good as any other speculation. The ideas for FTL that meet the above criteria are all so far off the chart of present-day physics that we basically don't know where such a method exists - but we cannot entirely rule it out either. We just know that within what we understand, there is no such thing. But (as opposed to the M-Drive, which is truly impossible as written), there is still room left where we might place the effects required for FTL and interstellar travel.
Sonntag, 7. Januar 2018
FTL, Faster Than Light-travel. As fas as we can currently say, it is impossible, right?
And the same is, by current understanding, true for generation ships or relativistic travel to other stars.
But here's a thought. Look at the universe. This incredible, giant vastness. Hundreds of billions of stars in our galaxy alone, and millions of galaxies that we can see (along with many more that we can't.).
Carl Sagan wrote in one of his novels, Contact: “The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space.”
And I would like to go one step further. If FTL, if interstellar travel of any kind, is truly impossible - that would be an aful waste of space, too.
Hence I believe we should work with the expectation that the universe is structured in such a way that it allows for FTL. And I would go one step further: That it allows for FTL that is not particularly energy-hungry and does not require giant installations. With that expectation, we can begin searching.
Now, the scientist in you will say "nono, that's not how you find new insights!". Of course it usually isn't. But sometimes, being determined that something is there to find it makes it faster and more likely to actually find it, even if everything previously looked as if it wasn't there. As it currently seems that FTL is not possible, we won't loose anything by just pretending it is not, and keeping looking. Except the resources and time spent for it, of course.
Under that assumption, your favorite science fiction universe's FTL is as good as any other speculation. The ideas for FTL that meet the above criteria are all so far off the chart of present-day physics that we basically don't know where such a method exists - but we cannot entirely rule it out either. We just know that within what we understand, there is no such thing. But (as opposed to the M-Drive, which is truly impossible as written), there is still room left where we might place the effects required for FTL and interstellar travel.
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