Solar Sailing

[Dark Jaguar]

Don't complain to me, complain to Einstein.

Complain to you...? I'm not. Who declared you the omniscient sage of scientific knowledge? I'm not complaining to you, nor am I adressing this to you.

I hope you feel smart for pointing out the manifold problems preventing us from going to the stars next Monday. You need not, as I am aware of them. I expect that they will be overcome in the future, not next weekend. Just as in 1720, someone dreaming of flight wouldn't even be able to conceive of the science of the Concorde, but it turned out happening.

I bet Tendites in 2500 will be looking back and comparing us in that light.


I wonder if ancient alchemists said things not unlike you just did hundreds of years ago, in their attempts to turn lead into gold and water into the elixir of life.

Or, if ancient scientists said the same thing in their quest to harness electricity, fly, split the atom, or create the radio.

Checkmate. Thanks for playing.

Darunia, know what the difference is? People back then had proof of concept for flight, birds. No one was saying flight was physically impossible. Where's your proof of concept for faster than light travel? You're committing the "they doubted Galileo too" fallacy. There's no equivalence.