![]() Enterprise was the first production Shuttle Orbiter, but was finished only to the point of being able to fly the drop-tests off the 747 in 1977, which would take place while Rockwell was building Columbia. Enterprise was to be named “Constitution” before the Star Trek write-in campaign persuaded President Ford to change the name.įor a little bit of history, Enterprise (OV-101) was originally planned to fly in space, but she would have been the second Shuttle to fly in space, after Columbia (OV-102). I really do hope that answers are found to these two major hindrances (plus, no doubt, a host of other smaller ones), because then things could start to get very exciting!ĥ. Even with all the resistance training exercises etc, there is still some deterioration to the human musculaskeletal system, which would not have happened had they been on earth the whole time. A little of this already happens to astronauts who spend a lot of time on the space station which is why they need to be brought back to Earth, other than for some well-earned R&R. After a time our bodies would lose all muscle tone and much of its bone density. Several months ago, I read that if we were to travel with what we have now, our bodies would become more akin to jelly or blobs (and you’re worried about the “fat Shat”, MJ!). This is probably the single most important discovery/development that needs to happen, if humans can ever hope to travel any further than the moon. The even bigger obstacle is the fact that no effective artificial gravity environment seems to have been developed. The starships of the 23rd century have impulse power, which is slower than warp drive, but is still much faster than what we have today. ![]() I think the two main obstacles to space exploration and travel is the fact that no new fuel has been found that would accelerate the time taken going between the Earth and Mars for instance. Space exploration seems to have reached a plateau in that nothing really new has developed or been discovered. ![]()
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