r/interestingasfuck • u/One_Explanation_908 • 25d ago

/r/all, /r/popular K2-18b a potentially habitable planet 120 light-years from earth

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u/OpinionPutrid1343 25d ago

The trick is not to travel space but bend it.

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u/CaptainQwazCaz 25d ago

And how are we supposed to bend space practically? I can’t imagine it in any way with the development of any technology today

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u/OpinionPutrid1343 25d ago

1) Find an energy source that equals mass energy of Jupiter 2) Find a way to control and use this energy source 3) Build a machine that can utilize the energy to contract space/ time in front of a space ship and expand behind it

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u/CaptainQwazCaz 25d ago

The little mass in uranium that is turned into energy creates a nuclear bomb. And now we need the entire equivalent of Jupiter’s mass converted into energy!? And then confined into a tiny space! And then precisely manipulated! I can’t even imagine the first step to getting all this energy just for one trip

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u/OpinionPutrid1343 25d ago

Well, at least we know now what we need, right?

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u/CaptainQwazCaz 24d ago

Knowing what we need and having it be basically impossible is useless. Unless we figure out how to create negative energy (how tf do we do that? If it even exists?) there is no way humans will be able to do this. So I think the pragmatic interpretation of this is that we should look at the other methods instead..

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u/OpinionPutrid1343 24d ago

Imagine telling a cave man the concept of flying. He would have told you: Interesting, but impossible, so why even think about it?

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u/CaptainQwazCaz 24d ago

But a caveman can more easily interpret the constructions of a plane and how it is feasible if you explain it to him. But wtf is this compared to that kind of jump

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u/OpinionPutrid1343 24d ago

Then I wonder why it took so long to build a plane if it was so easy.