According the the Special Theory of Relativity, it is not possible to move at the speed of light, but we've been wrong before, so I wouldn't put it beyond us to figure out a way to break the light barrier.

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But, those two concepts are probably the best chance for intergalactic travel in the future.

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i watched on the discovery channel that scientists already have know how to create wormholes, its just that the technology isnt available yet. with wormholes, space is bent so that travelling huge distances in a short period of time wouldnt need light speed travel.

The faster you travel, the longer you are stretched out, and theoretically, when you hit the speed of light, you stop existing, because space can't exist without time.

And also, I believe it was Albert Einstein who predicted that if it were possible to travel at the speed of light, it would require one billion pounds of fuel for every pound the rocket weighs.  It's not currently possible to engineer anything that can carry a person anywhere near the speed of light.

Time slows down the faster you go, so you wouldn't necessarily need to travel at the speed of light to reach another planet.

So, in a nutshell, yes, we might possibly reach distant planets in the Milky Way someday, bu we won't be doing it at the speed of light.

It would actually suck.  The human body cannot handle decent acceleration to get to light speed.  Something I read said 50-80 years of acceleration to keep the body from being killed from the acceleration.

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in the future nth is impossible i think  

Post edited at 12:26 am on Feb. 26, 2007 by mahitab

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WE cannot travel the speed of light. only light can travel that fast...

HOWEVER, we may be [we even know how to a certain extent] able to warp space-time so that we could travel vast distances at incomprehensible speeds...

by expaning space behind an object, and contracting it infront of it, creating a "warp bubble"

again, WE do not/can not travel the speed of light, but we can warp space to carry us at speeds of that, or exceeding it..

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