Re: Star Travel ?

"Steve Silverwood [KB6OJS]" <[email protected]> writes:

> 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.

How do you think that would play out? Simple curiousity.