Faster Than Light...

I was just watching Battlestar Galactica and was wondering when practical FTL like in the huge Ships we see in the movies will be possible.

All the theory is actually there; we just need to make the step in actually getting the vast amounts of power needed for it. And to all the skeptics out there, remember the PC was laughed at and considered impossible in it's very early stages.

So...when do you think (if at all) it will be possible?

It won't be until 2523 ;)cryptosopoidium

Wow very good, I may be mistake but I believe it will be complete in February of 2523

It won't be until 2523 ;)cryptosopoidium

In my future fiction (it's not done yet), it will be available around that time. By the year 3000 we should be able to take the whole universe.

I think it would be wrong to say it i impossible when the same thing has been said for many other things in the past that turned out possible - when is more the issue here.

I doubt it will be any time soon.

Never.

Ever.

At first i thought FTL was impossible, however after reading up on it for a while, im not so sure. Theres a few theories going around about "Tachyons", a particle capable of going *only* faster than light, one that can not go slower than the speed of light. If they exsist, it is said at some point in the future they could be studied and used in some fashion to help assist a ship to go faster than light without being crushed into a black hole.

No solid proof yet, but the theory is out there. Hope that theory, along with all of String Theory, turn out to be true.

I dont think traveling faster then light is possible, at least until they invent something that can take the pressure of traveling so fast

Our government stole the technology to transmit electrical power wirelessly back in the 1890's. Look up Nicola Tesla. How far do you think technology has really advanced over another hundred years? I mean c'mon, We have Darpa to investigate and sieze "dangerous technology".

If I remember correctly, scientists who have tried to get an entity to the speed of light have failed. When the entity starts getting close to the speed of light, it just dissapears. It doesn't cease to exist, but we just don't know where it goes (kind of like in a black hole).

So I say, never.

...From a scientific standpoint, nothing observedhas ever surpassed the speed of light, and will not.Premier1101

Except chuck Norris.

Our government stole the technology to transmit electrical power wirelessly back in the 1890's. Look up William Tesla. How far do you think technology has really advanced over another hundred years? I mean c'mon, We have Darpa to investigate and sieze "dangerous technology".

EnigManic

In a blunt form, if I travelled to the moon faster than the speed of light what would be the point? because I wouldn't physically be there until the light reached it. And the speed of light is so fast whats the point in going 0.000000000000000000000000000000000001x faster than light.Brainkiller05

because on a universal scale, Light is pretty friggin slow.

There's an amazing number of ill-informed posts in this thread, but I picked this one out for not only using the always-zany Tesla conspiracy theory, but for getting his name wrong...xaos

I love how people like you are so quick to yell conspiracy theory just because you failed to educate yourself on the topic. Try reading a few history books before acting so ignorant. Tesla made a number of inventions that were swallowed up by the government. In the early 1900's he made repeated attempts to aquire patents for his technology, but was unable to do so due to "lack of corporate finance". Our government influenced financial organziations so he couldn't patent his most significant works. They didn't want other nations to have this technology, so they hoarded it. Our government and military have built experimental craft which travel at over 1200 MPH but carry no fuel.

[QUOTE="xaos"]There's an amazing number of ill-informed posts in this thread, but I picked this one out for not only using the always-zany Tesla conspiracy theory, but for getting his name wrong...EnigManic

I love how people like you are so quick to yell conspiracy theory just because you failed to educate yourself on the topic. Try reading a few history books before acting so ignorant. Tesla made a number of inventions that were swallowed up by the government. In the early 1900's he made repeated attempts to aquire patents for his technology, but was unable to do so due to "lack of corporate finance". Our government influenced financial organziations so he couldn't patent his most significant works. They didn't want other nations to have this technology, so they hoarded it. Our government and military have built experimental craft which travel at over 1200 MPH but carry no fuel.

Who cares my car might not look like much but it can already do the KEssel Run in 12 parsecs.D3nnyCrane

A parsec is a unit of distance...

[QUOTE="EnigManic"]...Tesla made a number of inventions that were swallowed up by the government. In the early 1900's he made repeated attempts to aquire patents for his technology, but was unable to do so due to "lack of corporate finance". Our government influenced financial organziations so he couldn't patent his most significant works. They didn't want other nations to have this technology, so they hoarded it. Our government and military have built experimental craft which travel at over 1200 MPH but carry no fuel. xaos

That was an intelligent response. Try reading a book.

[QUOTE="D3nnyCrane"]Who cares my car might not look like much but it can already do the KEssel Run in 12 parsecs.Aradae2357

A parsec is a unit of distance...

LOL. Owned.

[QUOTE="xaos"][QUOTE="EnigManic"]...Tesla made a number of inventions that were swallowed up by the government. In the early 1900's he made repeated attempts to aquire patents for his technology, but was unable to do so due to "lack of corporate finance". Our government influenced financial organziations so he couldn't patent his most significant works. They didn't want other nations to have this technology, so they hoarded it. Our government and military have built experimental craft which travel at over 1200 MPH but carry no fuel. EnigManic

That was an intelligent response. Try reading a book.

[QUOTE="D3nnyCrane"]Who cares my car might not look like much but it can already do the KEssel Run in 12 parsecs.Aradae2357

A parsec is a unit of distance...

Wow thank you you have changed my life as there ha never been ANY NERD ANYWHERE who has made that clear to me - y'know, except for all the ones in the last 15 years...

[QUOTE="Oriental_Jams"]Never. Wormholes are the only answer.Aradae2357

Which are impossible to go through because of universal censorship of naked singularities. (at least I think wormholes are singularities.

[QUOTE="Oriental_Jams"]Never. Wormholes are the only answer.Aradae2357

Which are impossible to go through because of universal censorship of naked singularities. (at least I think wormholes are singularities.

Precisely. So when the sun goes all red giant on our asses, we're doomed.

[QUOTE="EnigManic"]That was an intelligent response. Try reading a book.xaos

Do your own legwork. I've read up on the subject for years. What makes you think you can debunk what I've learned with a simple sentence? Prove my statements are incorrect. Read a damn history book or google the information.

[QUOTE="Aradae2357"]

[QUOTE="D3nnyCrane"]Who cares my car might not look like much but it can already do the KEssel Run in 12 parsecs.EnigManic

A parsec is a unit of distance...

LOL. Owned.

Nice input, genius, but see above reply.

[QUOTE="xaos"][QUOTE="EnigManic"]That was an intelligent response. Try reading a book.EnigManic

Do your own legwork. I've read up on the subject for years. What makes you think you can debunk what I've learned with a simple sentence? Prove my statements are incorrect. Read a damn history book or google the information.

Wormholes aren't singularities; they are, however, unobserved and therefore theoretical at this stage, and opening one on a human-sized scale would require a spectacular amount of energy.xaos

Not if anti-matter or zero-point energy is used.

[QUOTE="Aradae2357"]

[QUOTE="D3nnyCrane"]Who cares my car might not look like much but it can already do the KEssel Run in 12 parsecs.D3nnyCrane

A parsec is a unit of distance...

Wow thank you you have changed my life as there ha never been ANY NERD ANYWHERE who has made that clear to me - y'know, except for all the ones in the last 15 years...

yeah, I realize the reference. I was just joking.

Apparently doing the Kessel run in 15 parsecs would take you dangerously close to a black hole and a ship would have to be going at an incredible speed to avoid its gravitiational pull.

Extraordinary claims (yours) require extraordinary evidence (where is that?). The fact that you don't know the man's name makes me question how well educated you are on the subject...xaos

Nice try, staking your whole argument on a typo. Read a book.

I guess if you never bothered to learn about cars, you'd call an announcement of Pontiac making a hybrid "extraordinary claims".

[QUOTE="D3nnyCrane"][QUOTE="Aradae2357"]

[QUOTE="D3nnyCrane"]Who cares my car might not look like much but it can already do the KEssel Run in 12 parsecs.Aradae2357

A parsec is a unit of distance...

Wow thank you you have changed my life as there ha never been ANY NERD ANYWHERE who has made that clear to me - y'know, except for all the ones in the last 15 years...

yeah, I realize the reference. I was just joking.

Apparently doing the Kessel run in 15 parsecs would take you dangerously close to a black whole and a ship would have to be going at an incredible speed to avoid its gravitiational pull.

*massages temples, re-adjusts tie*

Well, right you are then - I wasn't getting annoyed on a game forum... honest...

Actually here in NZ it's not even 8am and I'm at work so am a little frazzled... But fear not.

[QUOTE="xaos"]Wormholes aren't singularities; they are, however, unobserved and therefore theoretical at this stage, and opening one on a human-sized scale would require a spectacular amount of energy.EnigManic

Not if anti-matter or zero-point energy is used.

[QUOTE="xaos"]Extraordinary claims (yours) require extraordinary evidence (where is that?). The fact that you don't know the man's name makes me question how well educated you are on the subject...EnigManic

Nice try, staking your whole argument on a typo. Read a book.