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To: Helotes

No, I’ve seen star trek but computers were well out by the time I was born. Lets put it this way, the earth spins around 1000 mph. We’ve beat that over four times with the X-15 (4,500 mph). A few years ago we tested the HVT-2 at 13,000 mph, but it failed twice. This was an unmanned vehicle. To reach FTL would be 182,000 mph+. So we are a long ways off from that.

As for human anatomy, I think this article sums up quickly some of the issues. This has to do mainly with the human tolerance of g-force.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/star-wars-science-light-speed/

- So uh, I guess we could go Borg. ;)


90 posted on 02/23/2017 5:26:07 AM PST by VaeVictis (~Woe to the Conquered~)
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To: VaeVictis

- So uh, I guess we could go Borg. ;)

Ha Ha!

Horses to cars, propeller planes to jets, coal to nuclear

Can you really be so sure you can predict the future?


99 posted on 02/24/2017 6:45:02 PM PST by Helotes ((Paging Dr. Feynman))
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