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nyg8 t1_j10vdbr wrote

Reply to comment by Selfless- in How would we get about traveling through deep space? by MysteryMystery305

Cryogenics / worm holes are still a possibility!

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CrazyC787 t1_j10x7ok wrote

Hypothetically, light speed might cause time dilation that makes the trip seem far shorter for the passengers than the people on earth.

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nyg8 t1_j10zxtf wrote

While true, time still passes for the person inside the space ship, if we need to travel 80 light years, you will have to survive 80 years

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echaa t1_j1120jj wrote

The people outside your ship will need to live 80 years if they want to meet you again. You'll only need to live for 50 or so

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pbecotte t1_j11fthh wrote

The dilation is exponential. The closer you get to c, the higher the dilation factor. With enough energy, from the perspective of the travler you could practically travel anywhere instantly...so long as you didn't mind the rest of the universe moving along without you.

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Bipogram t1_j10w24q wrote

Cryonics.
Cryogenics is an extant art/science.

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boundegar t1_j112jqj wrote

True, and maybe the galaxy will be settled by Tardigrades.

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sowenga t1_j11bvrr wrote

Extant, but not in a way that doesn’t destroy cells and thus the body during the process of freezing.

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Bipogram t1_j11g64k wrote

You misunderstand me (or I wasn't clear).

Cryogenics is the engineering of low temperatures. I've worked in departments that specialized in cryogenics (we tested foam thermal conductivity at low temperatures for clients).

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Cryonics, a different word, is the study of how to cool biota, the cellular preservation mechanisms, and so on.

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sowenga t1_j1365jt wrote

Oh sorry, you are right! I totally misunderstood.

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Lelouch25 t1_j117uyz wrote

in high school I read something about bending atoms near the ship to create a warp tunnel or something. I think we're only just starting to explore that idea 20 years later with dark matter.

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