2011-12-06, 02:59 PM
ElderTree Wrote:A few ideas:
1) The closer you get to the speed of light, the slower time gets. So if humans could travel at (or near) the speed of light, then the "600 year journey" wouldn't take very long at all to the travelers. If we reached the speed of light, the journey should be instantaneous to the passengers.
2) If we can't get to the speed of light, then what's so wrong about the idea of a ship designed to support multiple generations? I mean, you're set out to colonize the planet, there's bound to be men, women and children on board. Why not design your ship to have a nursery, schools, etc. on board?
3) A fully-autonomous robot ship carrying frozen embryos (and/or cryogenically frozen adults), specially programmed to "hatch" a (new) generation several years before contact with the planet. The humans would be in charge of establishing the colony. Or of course, you can have the robots finally unfreeze the humans after the base is established.
4) Wormholes?
1) Let's teleport. By the time we manage that, we surely will be able to pass particules instantly from one place to the other.
2)That seems like what happened in the movie "Wall-E". Not sure I like that.
3)This is a difficult one, having such advance I.A. would be trouble, wouldn't it?
4) We have more knowledge about this planets than of wormholes. :/
I'm curious to know, if this planets can support life, how come there isn't at the moment? If anyone knows, please tell me.

