Submitted by Aware_Ad2047 t3_10k5ok2 in space
gwizone t1_j5ojyn7 wrote
Travel between planetary bodies is painfully slow. Maybe 20-30 years we will have tourism between low earth orbit and the moon. I mean, like airplane fare level not “I’m richer than you” travel. Between mars and the gas giants will probably be another 50-60 years when we start mining asteroids and gasses like helium and such. We will still be using fuels like now, only we will be making fuel in space and working in orbit, but this most likely be automated and controlled by humans on earth/moon/mars.
Cowboy Bebop, things like terraforming and artificial gravity, etc. who knows. Science Fiction has surprisingly caught up with science in many elements of the genre. But man, I’d say maybe 400 years is a little optimistic but also possible with the way tech is moving.
Aggravating_Teach_27 t1_j5oyj3f wrote
Science fiction has caught up and surpassed reality where physics allow.
Our mobile phones are way more advanced than any intercom system in old sci Fi shows. While at the same time our spaceships work pretty much in the same way than in the 60s
Physics allowed for one thing and made the other extremely challenging. The solar system is the ceiling with the physics we know, and barring new physics, it'll remain that way forever.
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