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Think of sci-fi as humanities to do list.
originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: blackcrowe
I think you may find that Voyager One made it a hell of a lot further than Mars.
And we have sent probes and rovers to Mars.
A manned craft will be somewhat more complicated with let's just say rather a higher degree of tolerance required to meet human requirements, but its hardly an impossible engineering achievement, considering we have been to the Moon.
Manned Mars missions might happen as soon as 2030 should we decide to get our act together.
The topic is manned space exploration.
I don't think anyone disputes what a machine can do or go.
As for Mars suicide mission by 2030. I won't hold my breath.
But. You never know.
originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: blackcrowe
So what happens when we manage to merge our own consciousness with a machine digital mind?
Space travel and/or the travel time/distance between the stars certainly becomes somewhat more viable, does it not?
The way AI is heading that might actually become a distinct possibility sometime around the turn of the singularity which will almost ensure within the next 50-100 years present technological pace continuing of course and as long as we don't manage to destroy ourselves.