Popular Post Harte Posted October 9, 2019 Popular Post #1 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Depressing calculations on how long it takes to travel around the galaxy, even at Star Trek's latest "Transwarp" speed. Quote Even considering the fastest "transwarp" (or "beyond warp") speed achieved by the Enterprise, which is about 8,323 times light speed, according to "Star Trek: The Next Generation — Technical Manual," a transgalactic voyage would take 24 years. A transwarp voyage to Andromeda, which is the nearest galaxy to ours at about 2.5 million light-years away, would last about 300 years. link Seems unlikely we've ever been visited. Harte 6 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Desertrat56 Posted October 9, 2019 #2 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Star Trek Voyager got back to the Alpha quadrant using a worm hole the Borg created. So, maybe someone has better understanding of space/time than us lowly humans. 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep73 Posted October 9, 2019 #3 Share Posted October 9, 2019 6 minutes ago, Desertrat56 said: Star Trek Voyager got back to the Alpha quadrant using a worm hole the Borg created. So, maybe someone has better understanding of space/time than us lowly humans. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted October 9, 2019 #4 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Who needs a Warp Drive? Bend space-time the right way, pop through the wormhole, and you're there! It's not rocket science. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Desertrat56 Posted October 9, 2019 #5 Share Posted October 9, 2019 1 minute ago, acute said: Who needs a Warp Drive? Bend space-time the right way, pop through the wormhole, and you're there! It's not rocket science. Tesseract is the term for it, a wrinkle in timespace. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep73 Posted October 9, 2019 #6 Share Posted October 9, 2019 (edited) 16 minutes ago, acute said: Who needs a Warp Drive? Bend space-time the right way, pop through the wormhole, and you're there! It's not rocket science. Only one problem. The nearest black hole (potential wormhole) is 3,000 light years from Earth. Let's argue that they're so advanced, they can fly at half light speed. It would then take them 6,000 years to drop in and not say 'Hi!' ._. They of course planned the trip so they'd arrive about the same time we started to make flying saucer movies. Edited October 9, 2019 by sci-nerd 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl.Of.Trumps Posted October 9, 2019 #7 Share Posted October 9, 2019 16 minutes ago, acute said: It's not rocket science. Right, it's not rocket science. It's *worse*, it's wormhole science lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl.Of.Trumps Posted October 9, 2019 #8 Share Posted October 9, 2019 40 minutes ago, Harte said: Depressing calculations on how long it takes to travel around the galaxy, even at Star Trek's latest "Transwarp" speed. link Seems unlikely we've ever been visited. Harte It is depressing. If we were to go the speed of light, we would need 100,000 years to transit the Milky Way galaxy. Then, we have some two TRILLION galaxies after that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted October 9, 2019 #9 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Don't forget the space folding technology facilitated by the Holzzman Field Reactors and the Malange transformed navigators of the Spacing Guild of Dune. That mode was instantaneous. 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted October 9, 2019 #10 Share Posted October 9, 2019 30 minutes ago, OverSword said: Don't forget the space folding technology facilitated by the Holzzman Field Reactors and the Malange transformed navigators of the Spacing Guild of Dune. That mode was instantaneous. Melange, Holtzman...........If your going to be a fan be a obsessive one. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted October 9, 2019 #11 Share Posted October 9, 2019 4 minutes ago, Piney said: Melange, Holtzman...........If your going to be a fan be a obsessive one. I'm quite sure I have no idea what you're talking about. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted October 9, 2019 #12 Share Posted October 9, 2019 58 minutes ago, sci-nerd said: Only one problem. The nearest black hole (potential wormhole) is 3,000 light years from Earth. Let's argue that they're so advanced, they can fly at half light speed. It would then take them 6,000 years to drop in and not say 'Hi!' ._. They of course planned the trip so they'd arrive about the same time we started to make flying saucer movies. Why not generate an artificial black hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep73 Posted October 9, 2019 #13 Share Posted October 9, 2019 4 minutes ago, XenoFish said: Why not generate an artificial black hole. Duh! How could I be so ignorant?! They of course make their own black holes, like we make homemade hotdogs... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted October 9, 2019 #14 Share Posted October 9, 2019 8 minutes ago, XenoFish said: black hole. I hate that term and prefer "singularity". It's not a "hole". It's a super dense object that absorbs things, then when it gets full spits out hot things. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted October 9, 2019 #15 Share Posted October 9, 2019 8 minutes ago, sci-nerd said: Duh! How could I be so ignorant?! They of course make their own black holes, like we make homemade hotdogs... If you want to be a smart az fine. Just throwing stuff out there. 4 minutes ago, Piney said: I hate that term and prefer "singularity". It's not a "hole". It's a super dense object that absorbs things, then when it gets full spits out hot things. Personally time travel would be better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep73 Posted October 9, 2019 #16 Share Posted October 9, 2019 1 minute ago, XenoFish said: If you want to be a smart az fine. Just throwing stuff out there. Wasn't trying to be sarcastic, just having a little fun. It is actually not that far out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted October 9, 2019 #17 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Just now, sci-nerd said: Wasn't trying to be sarcastic, just having a little fun. It is actually not that far out. When it comes to space travel I like to let my imagination run wild. Plus I've got my sense of humor shut off. So I'm more casual/serious minded. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep73 Posted October 9, 2019 #18 Share Posted October 9, 2019 1 minute ago, XenoFish said: When it comes to space travel I like to let my imagination run wild. Plus I've got my sense of humor shut off. So I'm more casual/serious minded. If you make your own wormhole, however, I can't see how you'd control where you end up. They need two black holes to work, and you can only make one. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted October 9, 2019 #19 Share Posted October 9, 2019 10 minutes ago, XenoFish said: Personally time travel would be better. Exceed the speed of light you can go forward. Try to go back you'll tear spacetime and kill every Rick out there. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted October 9, 2019 #20 Share Posted October 9, 2019 3 minutes ago, sci-nerd said: If you make your own wormhole, however, I can't see how you'd control where you end up. They need two black holes to work, and you can only make one. That my problem with wormholes, same for time travel. How could anything navigate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan max2 Posted October 9, 2019 #21 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Another reminder of how unfathomably massive the universe is. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightly Posted October 9, 2019 #22 Share Posted October 9, 2019 If space and time are truely inseperable .... There may be a way to travel it, that we don't understand yet. ? the universe seems impossible, and impossibly immence....so, it probably isn't ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightly Posted October 9, 2019 #23 Share Posted October 9, 2019 (edited) 49 minutes ago, Piney said: I hate that term and prefer "singularity". It's not a "hole". It's a super dense object that absorbs things, then when it gets full spits out hot things. Like in the new thread about the "recent" explosion at the center of our universe? ..... Oooops ! I meant to say GALAXY. sorry, I guess you guessed what I meant Piney . . Edited October 9, 2019 by lightly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted October 9, 2019 #24 Share Posted October 9, 2019 1 minute ago, lightly said: Like in the new thread about the "recent" explosion at the center of our universe? "Active galactic nucleus" which our galaxy is actually too old to have but when it swallows something too big, it's gonna spit out lots of hot stuff. Think of a engine getting too much of a air/fuel mixture and backfiring. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Duck Posted October 9, 2019 #25 Share Posted October 9, 2019 47 minutes ago, Piney said: I hate that term and prefer "singularity". It's not a "hole". It's a super dense object that absorbs things, then when it gets full spits out hot things. Kinda like Serena Williams? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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