:D My thought on that is one we have discussed before. The physical limits of time/distance versus space travel.
What some are saying is long-distance space travel is a virtual impossibility since it would take light years to get anywhere.
What others suggest is there may be alternatives we don't know about yet.
One thing that has remained constant on Earth is the ability of man to consistantly revise upward the concept of time and distance.
First we walked 4 miles an hour, then rode horses a little faster, so we could cover the same distance in less time. Then came the wheel, and the sailing ship, which could cross the Atlantic in a month or so. (that was considered top speed then), then steamships came and knocked it down to days, and once again our concept of time and distance was changed. Now we can fly coast to coast in hours instead of years by foot, months by wagon, weeks by rail or days by car.
Transatmospheric engines and aircraft will probably cut hours down to minutes and then what? Is there any limit? Will we go inter-dimensional? Point-to-Point?
Only the future can tell.....heh heh.
Shit, maybe we will all be destroyed by another meteor and the whole planet will start over again...just as it has countless times before.....?
