/sci/ - Science & Math

>>1789480
A process to aquire large amounts of antimatter at little expense, a device to store said supply and a rocket engine capable of burning a matter/antimatter mix.

x = x + 1 energy

Artificial Gravity / Anti Gravity.

A material strong enough to support a space elevator between an equatorial location on Earth and a point in geostationary orbit.

Adequate radiation shielding to allow humans to spend a few weeks' time in interplanetary space without taking on a decade's worth of radiation.

life preservation? ie cryo

Real closed-loop life support if space or planetary colonies are ever going to become self-sufficient or even profitable long-term.

>>1789495
>>1789495
In which case you are still or finally totally fucked since you just smashed every TV and Com.satellite in GEO. please reconsider that.

Genetical engineering so we can design organisms that can survive on Mars/Venus/Titan/Europa and gradually turn them into human-friendly environments.

>>1789515

Nope, in the elevator itself would be in GSO, moving with the same velocity as other GSO objects.

Any satellite that crosses the equatorial plane below it is fucked, though. I guess the cable could be made to vibrate to avoid impacts or something.

Convince every astronomer on Earth to pretend we'll get hit by an asteroid in a few decades. Boom, every government is spending all the money they can on space technology.

>>1789545

More like "Boom, half of humanity commits suicide and the other half devolves into wars and anarchy".

>>1789545
> implying fucktards go apeshit and convert to every religion known to man

>>1789556
>implying this is a bad thing

Humanity needs to cut it's earth population to around 2 billion, finish the conversion to fully robot managed farms, and Learn to harness Zero point energy while reducing energy consumption so that all our energy and effort can be focused at developing space tech

The discovery that occurs when a mob of irate citizens busts through the doors of a secret Lockheed Skunkworks lab and sees a reverse-engineered spacecraft. You think all advances of aeronautics occur out in the open?

We need to move way faster than the speed of light without smashing into shit

Define "profitable". Is this just sending rich people up and back, or mining shit, or starting a colony?

It exists.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_Specific_Impulse_Magnetoplasma_Rocket

Except that the American people have a phobia of nuclear material, so getting a fucking reactor up there is basically impossible.

Magic

>>1789496

This.

Jedi Knights...

Apeture Science Handheld Portal Device

a cheap ass way to get off this rock

Nobody said molecular nanotechnology? Drexlerian assemblers?

THE POWER TO BUILD SPACECRAFT OUT OF DIRT AND ROCK WITH ALL THE PRECISION THE LAWS OF PHYSICS ALLOW, PEOPLE!

its not going to happen you stupid ass-pie neckbeard startrek faggot shits gb2 /g/ jesus fucking dick nuggets

The power to manipulate gravity. We wont need rockets anymore that burn expensive ass fuel. Just invert gravity, fall into space

A laser powerfyuul enough to laser beam lift payloads into orbit. Simplest way to do it really.

>>1791711
Forgot this...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beam-powered_propulsion

>>1791689

>>1789673

You know, I put together a basic model for something along those lines in middle school for a science project. The teacher laughed and told me it was ridiculous. Fuck her.

>>1791689
Fuck your magic.

Two words... space elevator.

>>1789480
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhElE3JILAE
video is of canadian defence minister
the discovery that needs to be made is
how to access the truth?
is it that those who have some portion of the truth lack an understanding of the 'truth' of the people they withhold their knowledge from i.e. causeing distrust?
or do they simply covet exclusive power aimlessly as a matter of course?
if its neither of the extreems then there is hope for compromise or tollerance to some extent, tollerance that people like yourself might have some degree of access to amswers such as the one you now ask for.
much of what you will be exposed to during your time in university will be to some extent distorted to serve the purposes of restricting your access to knowledge that you are not invited to be aware of.
discoveries that would litteraly have you asking a very different question now instead have been made.. i.e. solutions to your query..
antigravity?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP4zQ4R8vJg
watch this video to get a glimpse at what you are not being told

We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false. -- William Casey, CIA Director


"The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head " -Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

force fields that take a manageable amount of damage, stronger propulsion, cryofreezing and/or faster than light speed travel.

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