Will We Ever Visit Other Stars?

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Likelihood of interstellar travel: http://www.universetoday.com/17044/ba...

Time it would take to visit nearest star: http://www.universetoday.com/15403/ho...

Curiosity Rover self portrait on Mars: http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/n...

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Orders of Magnitude (speed): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_o...)

Fermi Paradox: http://www.scientificamerican.com/art...

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  Science & Technology

[bailzmc]

My dreams are crushed.

[troublanc92]

You shouldn't talk like a smart ass when you are not smart...

Europe never went to america for the discovery of a new continent but to prove the earth is round going to india threw the atlantic ocean. And why were europeans fond of India? not for their superior intellect but once again for spices and raw materials...

Like said before, if ever there would be aliens near earth, they would have plenty god reasons to visit earth! They could lack water and need more which we have for example ...

[mylonix001]

I swaer NASA should hear and watch your videos

[jidgeasmudge100]

I am looking at this in a Positive position... my reasons are:

1. I am 14 and, by the time i am older, teleportation could have been created (considering they figured out how to duplicate large amounts of particles very quickly to far away places)

2. In 60 years or so cryogenic freezing could be the norm

3. Time travel may not be far off, considering how quickly science is evolving atm

I am looking positively at this :D

[kennystalker1]

that moment you realize you were born to late to explore earth,

and you are born to early to explore space

[MSMBNetworks]

Very, very solid episode. Got a great laugh out of me at the 115,000 calorie remark

[IMABEAST696969er]

All we need to do is somehow obtain alien technology and speed the process up, so there is still hope :P

[peterjwhitepw]

Have you taken into account time dilation? as we go faster to the speed of light time slows down relative to the earth and the planet your travelling to. So if we could travel at near light speed it would take the interstellar travellers a small amont of time in comparison to earth time :)

[Ajaax Dre'Farj]

We only need to travel as far as Mars. When are going to discover the Citadel already?!

[wildmanoman]

I am Sirrus, and I WILL NOT BE DEFEATED!!!

[AsianIdiots323]

Of course we will meat other solar systems cause in area 51 has a alien ship that can travel through time and go faster than the speed of light!

[seanltube]

omg flag plz