Greta wrote:"Only 230,000 miles away" (384,000 kms) - that is a hell of a long way for a species that was locked to the Earth's surface for most of its existence. A Moon landing at the time of HG Wells was pure fantasy, an impossibility.Hobbes' Choice wrote:No nothing like that at all. The moon is only 230,000 miles away.Greta wrote: Yes, an absurd fantasy, just like dreams of a person stepping on the moon. Impossible.
Some other great fantasies and absurdities down through history, completely dismissed by knowledgeable people of the day: a non-flat Earth, heliocentric systems, galaxies, landing a craft on a comet, atoms, exoplanets, evolution ...
Do you admit that there are some things that are impossible? Walking on the sun for example?
Finding and colonising a suitable planet outside the solar system is absurd. We are evolved to life on the earth; it has everything we need - right here. It is next to impossible that another such planet anywhere reachable in the universe exists whose biome would not be immediately hostile to human life; or whose atmosphere would be breathable; at reasonable temperatures.
Why would we seek such a place when it would take more than a lifetime to reach it, and would take more energy and resources than an entire country to reach it?
I think it likely that there will be some colonisation o...
It's a shockingly short distance, compared to the next body in the solar system, and no distance at all compared to anywhere we might have a tiny chance to live.
BTW, space flight, as a physical reality, was first conceived over 2000 years ago, by Greek Thinkers, and many such as Newton thought it possible.
By 1968 the plan was to have a fully functioning Moon Base with regular tourist trips to and fro by the year 2000. This is NEVER going to happen, because the only thing of interest is the fun sensation of zero gravity and low gravity when you are their - things that the human body is ill equipped to deal with. And to burn your life savings for a cheap thrill is not an economic proposition.