Wouldn't that be polluting as well? Stop destroying other planets with our shits.

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Indeed. You have to have a stepping stone to move forward, and if there's no research being done, how are we gonna find the place to step?

There is an alternative energy method, which is much superior than nuclear, and it doesn't emit radioactive wave. It's call fusion technology. The disadvantage is that, if uncontrolled, it may end up consume everything. An even better option is cold fusion, which eliminate that risk. The only challenge is that it require extremely high start-up energy, once it start, it takes little energy to maintain.

The whole idea of space exploration isn't just about finding habitatable environment for human race. But also about discovering other civilization, hoping to learn about their evolution, and perhaps some useful technology/history which could help us. Mars exploration means a lot. By understanding simple thing like how the weather changes, planet movement, it could help us to understand earth better.

Fusion is definitely the answer to space travel,but the problem is,ITER is still having financial isuues.The research is pretty much halted now.

What a waste.

i tot the wormhole theory already been exposed izzit? yeah its already been revealed ^^

This post has been edited by Sadru: Jul 30 2009, 07:59 PM

Research still go on in small institution, like university research, except that at small scale. It's still in development, except that it's not that transparent to public.

Yes,but didnt they need a huge reactor to test it?

The theories behind fusion and cold fusion myth is pretty clear already. For fusion, its just that a critical self sustaining reaction have yet to be achieve, therefore fusion reactions so far resulted in NET LOSS of energy. Only successful fusion reactions which yielded a net gain would be in hydrogen bombs. Which is .... erm ...... not suitable if you want to harness energy.

There isn't any REAL theory on cold fusion. at all. only in fiction. yet ...

This post has been edited by befitozi: Jul 30 2009, 08:24 PM

this is what i mean... due to financial issue, some research already been stopped/ halted... don't u guys think that research is also important? Yes, its important... but how important it is compared to other research... let say the research on fusion is in the top 10... others are just at the bottom 10. But due to financial problem... the stop the important research and continue with the one which is less important.

not sure how they prioritize those research... based of financial or its potential...

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Added on July 31, 2009, 8:44 amare u referring to Teflon? i though Teflon is accidentally discovered while they doing research on new CFC refrigerant...


This post has been edited by Toriton: Jul 31 2009, 08:44 AM

It was stopped because ITER cost much more than LHC,just to build that reactor plant.Not because someone thinks it's not important.Fusion is pretty much a huge challenge,not just from scientific point of view,also from engineering point of view.It's something very difficult to design but we are getting there slowly.

I dont think anyone is puts researches on some ranking.

Most of the stuff we have today are discovered accidentally.

This post has been edited by Cheesenium: Jul 31 2009, 09:18 AM

I haven't been following fusion news for 2-3 years already, I guess my info no longer vaild. hehe But anyway, I believe research is an on-going process at various university, just that it lack of publicity because it was not funded. Lack of fund doesn't mean research can't proceed, just that the development is more incline to theory, simulation and stuff like that. Maybe it's just me, but I do wish to get to know more about Mars in my lifetime. Pardon my optimistism.

Anyway, that is just my 2 cents.

was just reading about this, article questioned whether it would be ethical to 'condemn' your kids to being stuck in a tin can(as someone here put it) for the rest of their life(and their kids), never being to see greens and experience life on earth

anyway, this month's discover magazine(or was it next month, i dunno my college library sometimes get mags a week early), features space/space travel, very interesting read

Certainly motivation for such generation spanning travel will only arise when earth is no longer habitable. Surely it will then a matter of whether you get to fit everyone into such space ship.

Though I would consider it to be a privilege to be part of the pioneering humans when colonizing other planets.