UFOs or UAPs are real

[JR_Charger]

DARPA Funded Researchers Accidentally Discover The World’s First Warp Bubble​

In the end, especially given the magnitude of this discovery and its potential implications, White believes it is only a matter of time before his mini-warp craft is designed and tested, a milestone that he believes will slowly but surely move the whole process toward the ultimate goal of a warp-capable spacecraft.

“This discovery allows us to identify a real structure that can be manufactured that will manifest a real warp bubble,” White explained to The Debrief.

 

[Unkle Krusty]

In the meantime, I will listen to these bright lights about what they discover in the universe. It beats guessing, and some of them seem quite smart.
They know a lot more about the subject than I do, so it is not logical for me to say they are right or wrong.

Most probably could not adjust the chain on my bike,
but that is not their field.
So I will quote my mother, and then Robert Zimmerman.
“ To each his own trade “. “ If you are not busy being born, you are busy dying “

 

[JR_Charger]

Now if you want to see something really wild, here's a shot from an episode of Star Trek: Voyager, where they land the ship on a planet to do heavy repairs. The copper colored items are the exact same thing as the green colored items in the theoretical warp drive. The exact same thing.

Even Captain Kirk's Enterprise had them.

I believe the "impulse drive" has been flying on satellites for years. It's very weak at this point, but can be used for making orbital corrections over long periods of time.

 

[Photon440]

I believe the "impulse drive" has been flying on satellites for years. It's very weak at this point, but can be used for making orbital corrections over long periods of time.

The impulse drive (Which stood for Ion Magnetic Pulse) is, as you say, used on some satellites. Ion propulsion is far more efficient than chemical propulsion once you're floating in space. NASA experiments started over sixty years ago, the NSTAR ion thruster was used on the Deep Space 1 (1998) and DAWN (2007) interplanetary satellites.

These engines are meant to operate for a minimum of two years continuously after launch.

 

[SteveSS]

The closest planet that might support life is Pr.oxima B. It's a little more than 4.2 light years away. The fastest craft we've ever launched is Voyager 1 which moves at 80,000 kilometers/hour. That sounds good until you do the math. It would take more than 76,000 years to get there. That is extremely close to us, given the actual size of the universe.

 

[SteveSS]

To move a one ton spacecraft to 1% of light speed, you would need more chemical fuel than the entire mass of the Earth. 13 billion tons of propellant. An Ion drive craft might reach Proxima B in 40,000 years.

If you use a ship setting off nuclear bombs one after another for thrust you might reach Proxima B in 40-50 years.

 

[Photon440]

The Parker Solar Probe reached 430,000 mph. in Dec. 2024.

 

[Unkle Krusty]

Right now there are a bunch of rock samples on Mars, collected and waiting to be picked up. One step at a time.
The speed of the craft is a problem, but the survival of any people is a bigger problem. But maybe in a few hundred years, more knowledge will be attained. I am quite sure it will not happen while I am alive.
For now I am happy with the knowledge that we will not be visiting other worlds, any time soon, if at all.

 

[Detective D]

Brian Cox: English Physicist and Science Communicator​

Brian Cox is a prominent English physicist specializing in particle physics. He holds positions as Professor of Physics at the University of Manchester, a Royal Society University Research Fellow, and a member of the High Energy Physics group at the University of Manchester.

I know he looks like a rock star, and he was one in his early life.

The distance problem is based on the speed of light. Einstein's equation states that matter can't exist at the speed of light. Therefore, we or any other lifeforms can't travel at anything even close that speed. Yes, there are billions of galaxies. But even our galaxy, the Milky Way, is approximately 100,000 light-years in diameter. The Drake Equation, the formula guessing the existence of life also takes the span of years any civilization might last, shortens the chance of two civilizations might overlap.

Suppose we send a signal to a planet 100,000 light years away, then they respond. It takes another 100,000 years to receive it. The true common things about the universe are the laws of physics.

The distances are just too great to overcome.

As I explained in my other post, the issue with this theory is that it is 100% based on the premise that Einstein's theory is absolute because the human race is the best there ever was. Our understanding of science and our universe is continuously being updated. To flat out deny the possibility that there is some part of the universe we don;t understand that would allow for travel of such distances is pessimistic at best and foolish and prohibitive at worst.

 

[SteveSS]

Like all science, we go with our best until another better explanation comes along. I don't of any scientist that thinks he knows everything for all time. As a geologist we didn't know about plate tectonics until the first decade of the twentieth century. Now it's accepted and explains so many things. We didn't know about dinosaurs until 1824.

The scientific method is a systematic process used to investigate observations, formulate hypotheses, conduct experiments, and draw conclusions. It involves steps such as making observations, forming a hypothesis, testing it through experiments, and analyzing the results to refine or reject the hypothesis.

Right now we can't explain Dark Matter and Dark Energy. We know it exists but we don't know what it is.

Dark energy and dark matter are two mysterious components of the universe. Dark matter makes up about 27% of the universe and acts like gravity, holding galaxies together, while dark energy accounts for approximately 68% and drives the accelerated expansion of the universe.

As far as aliens, I look to the Fermi Paradox and the Drake Equation.

 

[SteveSS]

15 reasons why we haven't found aliens.

15 Hypotheses About Why We Haven’t Found Aliens Yet – Science Sensei