/sci/ - Science & Math

*do you want most

Warp drive.

I'm building a prototype in my basement.

>>2835275
I'd like to see you draw better within 45 minutes.

> pic related
Nah, more realistic CG effects that don't look like crap will come much earlier.

>>2835274
Sounds like a dangerous place to test a warp drive...

>>2835280
Just an excuse to post your work, I see.

>>2835290
This time, I actually wanted to make a thread seeing as I haven't for at least a week.

>>2835274
Though probably troll, details?

>>2835287
It's all about creating a stable bubble of warped space. When I manage it in micro, it should be doable in macro.

>>2835293
>building a prototype warp drive in his basement
>probably troll
>details

>>2835295
I'm bored, elaborate
>>2835297
>greentext

>>2835293
> Though probably troll, details?
I'm trying to confirm the existence of exotic particles and/or fields. Don't have a blueprint or anything.

>>2835304
Pics

>>2835307
Maybe in a few years ...

Advancement into cubism, progression from idiocy. Final solution for the Jew problem.

a better version of autotune that will make everyone sound like an amazing singer so all the naturally good singers will butthurt to fuck hahahahahha

>>2835323
Fuck off
>>2835324
Isn't Kurzweil working on something like that?

>>2835269
Wouldn't the vast distances needed for water to travel over land cause the center of the continent to become a huge desert, do to water depositing closer to the coast?

>>2835326

loads of peopel and companies are working on improving "autotune" (any voice enchancement software)

they get better every year and make the changes more and more subtle

at this rate in 20 years they will definitely be able to make an average person "singing" sound like... who ever a good singer is

+1 for longevity and +1 for AI. Third would probably be cheap, efficient and clean power.

>>2835330
Haven't a clue. I would assume that there would be sufficient southern ranges to scoop up most of the cloud into rain which would cause a number of creeks and tributaries.

>>2835326
It's okay to be mad.
Also, like they'll ever be able to get that much water to Mars. Hurr hurr hurr, stupid little dreaming faggot Jew.

>>2835342
>Also, like they'll ever be able to get that much water to Mars.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars#Hydrology
>However, the two polar ice caps appear to be made largely of water.[45][46] The volume of water ice in the south polar ice cap, if melted, would be sufficient to cover the entire planetary surface to a depth of 11 meters.[47] A permafrost mantle stretches from the pole to latitudes of about 60°.[45]

>>2835349
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews
>2011, still believing wiki.

Sexbots, Imortality, FTL Speed Travel

In that order

We're never going to colonize mars, the amount of energy needed to keep it's atmospheric pressure and temperature the same as Earth is too much, you'd need to continually produce 10000s of tons of gas a day and maybe an artificial magnetic field, if a civilization had that kind of energy it wouldn't be pissing around trying to make mars fit for fleshbags, put it that way.

>>2835366
>the amount of energy needed to keep it's atmospheric pressure and temperature the same as Earth is too much, you'd need to continually produce 10000s of tons of gas a day
http://bigthink.com/ideas/24011
>Question One: If you terraform Mars, making it into a Garden of Eden, won't this be temporary, since Mars isn't big enough to permanently hold onto an atmosphere.
>Answer: You are absolutely correct. Mars is a small planet, and hence it's gravitational field is not strong enough to permanently hold onto a dense atmosphere, but it is sufficient to hold onto an atmosphere for thousands to millions of years, which is enough for us. Once we terraform Mars, there will be enough of an atmosphere to take of all our needs for generations to come.

>Transhumanism
>Time travel
>FTL travel

Assuming that the latter two are possible, which in 200 years I think we will find a way to do

>>2835332

What do you think that would do to the industry? Singers don't get paid as much? Hope so

The World will end before you can colonize a planet, you fucking nerds, can you not see all the war that takes place on a daily basis or the weapons of mass destruction produced annually? One day missiles are going to go off. Its going to take a long time to terraform a planet, and we haven't got that much time.

Sorry to spoil your pipe dreams, nerds, but Earth is the best planet available, and we should take care of it before we decide to move elsewhere.


-Aether
Wisest Human

>>2835370
We need 1000s of trillions of tons of gas, even then the pressure will still be like being at the top of Mount Everest and most of the gas will be lost within a few months, not millions of years. Sorry bro.

can someone explain OP's pic please?
Why does 'what i presume must be the moon' look broken and wierd as shit.

>>2835396
>We need 1000s of trillions of tons of gas
[citation needed]
>even then the pressure will still be like being at the top of Mount Everest
No, the air pressure could easily be 900 millibars with the use of a soletta melting the gas out of the rock over areas that will soon be inundated by oceans
>and most of the gas will be lost within a few months, not millions of years.
But it won't. The sun's solar wind isn't that great to wipe off an entire thick atmosphere within a year.

>>2835401
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraforming_of_Mars

>>2835401
it's mars.

inurdaes has this wacky idea about wanting to terraform it.

>>2835408
>implying I had the idea first

>>2835407
Wh yterraform mars? earth is fine, and mars will die pretty soon after earth does (after the sun red giants on our asses)

would make more sense to terraform a different solar system with a younger star.

>>2835413
>implying the biggest threat to human life, at this point, is supernova.

>>2835412
It's not a realistic advancement within the next 200 years anyways

>>2835413
>earth is fine,
Eggs-in-one-basket and also overpopulation which WILL start becoming a problem with longevity treatments. And also because Mars is practically a freeze-dried planet just for us. 'Just add water and heat. Serve'
>and mars will die pretty soon after earth does (after the sun red giants on our asses)
Hundreds of millions of years. Pretty soon aye?
>would make more sense to terraform a different solar system with a younger star.
We will have sooner terraformed Mars than sent any meaningful colony to another world. This isn't Coyote.

terra-formatards, listen up, and remove at least one of double niggers.

all the benefits of terraforming will come from building really large spaceships in orbital construction sites. seriously, cease and denigger immediately.

>>2835391
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYt85mcI-bk

>>2835405
Earth surface area = 510 km²
Earth atmosphere mass = 5*10^18 kgs
atmosphere/km² = 9.8*10^15 kgs
Mars surface area = 145 million km²
Mars gravity = 0.376g, 0.376^-1=2.66
9.8*10^15*2.66=2.61*10^16 kgs
2.61*10^16*145=3.78*10^18 kgs = 3.78 thousand trillion tons

>>2835421
>remove at least one of double niggers.
What?
>>2835422
Beautiful

>>2835425
I'm sure we can melt that amount out of the soil.

>>2835437
What would melting soil accomplish except create poor quality glass at great expense?

>>2835391

Not if these have anything to do with it

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/apr/04/morality-drugs-improve-ethical-behaviour

>>2835349
that estimate is hopefully low.. 11 meters.. is only ~36 ft deep...

we still have no idea how to melt it.

>>2835425
>510 km²

>Oceans and forests on Mars within 200 years.

lolno

The only way to colonise mars is to create life forms and machines suited to the environment, these will operate slower than earth organisms due to the lower temperature and low sunlight, which will be the primary energy source, but given enough time they will be able to create a diverse industrial economy and accumulate enough energy for space flight to colonise other planets.

>>2835457
510 million*
eat 20 sacks of penises

>>2835444
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hematite#Discovery_on_Mars
>iron oxide
Well, now we have a lot of iron for materials and oxygen for atmosphere.
>>2835451
That's just the North polar cap, not counting the permafrost and ice under most likely the majority of the planet
>>2835459
Challenge accepted

>>2835482
>oxygen for atmosphere
Most of earth's atmosphere is nitrogen.

>>2835499
Nitrogen shuttles from Titan

>>2835504
3000 trillion tons? I don't think so tim.

If we ever have the technology to terraform mars chances are we won't be human anymore.

Transhumanism

>I want my fucking infrared and zoom eyes right now.
>Also a fucking awesome strong arm.

Strong AI
>Probably not gonna happen, but would be very awesome. Could lead to a huge push of technology
Quantum Computers
>Powerful as fuck
Cure for death
>two sided sword but could lead to more long sightedness of humanity

cheap/abundant source of energy,
orbital construction platforms,
self contained ecosystem/massive space ship ala Rama

>longevity treatments
>he wants the population to grow even faster

>>2835528
>mandatory sterilization for those who want the treatments

teleportation

commuting FUCKING SUCKS

>>2835529

>have 20 children before getting the treatment

>>2835534
>all children are sterilized at birth with the option at the age of 21 to reverse the treatment and have a baby while forgoing the treatment or keep the snipped tube and get the treatment

>>2835532
I don't want to be disintegrated so an exact duplicate of me can be created some distance away, but I'm a huge pussy.

>>2835540

I don't really give a fuck about being disintegrated

>>2835534
>only possible for people without children

>>2835539

>children sterilized at birth
>implying sterilization can be undone after so long

>>2835553

>implying people with money won't get the treatment no matter what, if they really want it
nigga please

Mandatory sterilization is a retarded and unworkable solution.

However, I don't believe unlimited longevity would cause a population explosion. If you knew you could stay young and fertile indefinitely, there would be no reason to have children in your 20s and 30s. Most people are not impatient to have children, they just think they'll want them eventually, so they better have them young before it's too late.

Probably a lot fewer people would want children at all (since the urge is in large part a bid at "immortality"), and those that do could wait until they had a century's worth of accumulated wealth and experience.

>>2835555
Snipped fallopian tubes and spermatic cord isn't that hard to reattach even after that amount of time.

>>2835563

yes, with adults.

>>2835565

the problem is the older you are, the more likely your children will have some sort of genetic defect, not to mention the health hazards of bearing children at an advanced age

Perpetual energy

>>2835586
Oh well, test-tube babies

Fucking jetpacks
We're in the 21st century for God's sake
We have super computers the size of a cellphone and yet we can't get that right

>>2835590

Yes, that is currently true. However, the premise here is that aging is cured.

>>2835595

what? i didn't knew test-tube babies were sterilized

>>2835622
No, as in I mean conception would be having sperm removed via whatever and some eggs and then doing artificial insemination

shameless bump

1) Fully developed trans-humanism
2) To travel out of this solar system in a time efficient manner (I know its hard as fuck but I still wanna see it)
3) Mars colonization is pretty cool and will give us smart fuckers an escape from the christfags.

>>2835602

That will probably happen this century... just probably not while you're alive.

A solar-charged laser beam powerful enough to kill someone from orbit. Can you imagine how much we would save on wars? Just nuke the Afghanis from orbit!

Because it's the only way to be sure.

robots
flying cars
homework robot

Anyone talking about terraforming Mars absolutely has to read this series.

I just want to be able to see the milky way at night, like I could when I was a child.

a solution to global warming

longevity treatments, new and better energy sources and moar hard drive space

cure for againg/death
replicators
ftl propulsion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxHL55BIjj8&feature=player_embedded

who wanted jet packs?