Re: Star Travel ?

On Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:58:33 -0700, Daniel <[email protected]> wrote:

>"Steve Silverwood [KB6OJS]" <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:49:47 -0500, [email protected] wrote:
>>
>>>This is why, although intelligent space faring species likely abound
>>>throughout the universe, we are never visited by any.
>>
>> I'm not surprised.  Even though I do believe interplanetary (and
>> beyond) travel is possible, I can just imagine another species
>> watching our news broadcasts and deciding that the people of Earth are
>> too wacky to bother with.  IMHO, THAT is why we haven't been openly
>> contacted by another species.  And I don't blame them a bit....
>
>Interplanetary travel is possible. We do it all the time. Got probes on
>Mars. Sent some to Venus. We even sent a probe to Titan. One visited
>Pluto a few years back. We have effectively visited every planet in
>the solar system and a variety of minor planets. We've even had return
>samples brought back from asteroids.
>
>Interstallar travel is something we started doing in the 70s, albeit
>inadvertently. It wasn't the original intention that the Voyager
>spacecraft last as long as they have, but alas, they reached
>interstellar space a some years ago. Neither spacecraft are going to any
>particular star.

Well, =remote= interplanetary travel is possible, and yes, we've been
doing it for decades that way, but travel =in person= is another thing
entirely.  It takes months to years to get anywhere past the Moon in
this solar system, which robotic probes can handle without even
breathing hard (so to speak), but getting PEOPLE there, well, then we
involve a whole lot of other factors which we haven't beat just quite
yet.  If we had, we'd be doing it in person by now and not by remote
control.  I hope I live long enough to see the first permanent
settlement on the Moon, and the first manned Mars landing.  At 68,
I'll settle for that.

>Personal Opinion Zone
>
>The universe isn't teeming with life just yet. Our universe is still
>quite young. The picture will be different  20-30 billion years from
>now.

I'm glad that's a personal opinion.  I'm still hopeful for a peaceful
First Contact before I die.

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//Steve//