Star Trek Just Around The Corner

[marshallartist]

I wouldn't count on seeing anything in our lifetime, or even our kids or grand-kids for that matter. Almost everything we "know" about this technology is conjecture and speculation and we are just now beginning to barely scratch the surface of the science. If you wanted to draw an analogy that most INGO'ers will associate with - we just figured out that if you mix sulfur, charcoal, and saltpetre and expose it to a flame ... well you know. This discovery isn't going to "mature" into the (insert your favorite caliber here) overnight. It took about 1200 years for that to happen and it wouldn't be surprising for this technology to take just as long considering it's just a little more complicated.

 

[goinggreyfast]

So when can I get one of these?

 

[buford t justice]

I wouldn't count on seeing anything in our lifetime, or even our kids or grand-kids for that matter. Almost everything we "know" about this technology is conjecture and speculation and we are just now beginning to barely scratch the surface of the science. If you wanted to draw an analogy that most INGO'ers will associate with - we just figured out that if you mix sulfur, charcoal, and saltpetre and expose it to a flame ... well you know. This discovery isn't going to "mature" into the (insert your favorite caliber here) overnight. It took about 1200 years for that to happen and it wouldn't be surprising for this technology to take just as long considering it's just a little more complicated.

Same idea different analogy=how long ago did the human race figure out how to escape the gravity of earth,and we still haven't put someone on our nearest neighboring planet.
It takes a long time building one idea on top of another.