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[yamo]

Man will never conquer space.

[Cheeetar]

Man will never conquer space.

Why?

[Sowelu]

I remember getting that feeling of scope at 1:10 in this video.

The specific clip from 1:09 to 1:12 in that video is from this CLASSIC, "Powers of Ten".  If you went to school during a certain period, you saw this in science class:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2cmlhfdxuY

[Dwarfaholic]

Man will never conquer space.

Why?

Because space is a concept, and you can't physically conquer it?

[Il Palazzo]

7 meter long earthworm. That's a real eye opener. I feel humbled by the bravery of South African gardeners.

edit: #$@! me and my spelling

[Cthulhu]

Man will never conquer space.

Not with that attitude we won't.  Man up.

[yamo]

FTL is impossible.  The universe is accelerating away from us.  Impossible.

[Cthulhu]

Your optimism is accelerating away from you.

[beorn080]

Technically, once the universe starts recollapsing, then we can conquer it since it won't be accelerating away any more. Besides, its not accelerating away, merely moving away, and any speed it moves we can accelerate past.

[JoshuaFH]

Technically, once the universe starts recollapsing, then we can conquer it since it won't be accelerating away any more. Besides, its not accelerating away, merely moving away, and any speed it moves we can accelerate past.

So we should start right away! If we start now, when the universe does finally start recollapsing, we'll already have it cornered.

[Micro102]

And how are we suppose to keep all that mass from turning into a black hole?

[Il Palazzo]

Besides, its not accelerating away, merely moving away, and any speed it moves we can accelerate past.

But it seems to be accelerating, you know.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_acceleration
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expansion_of_the_universe

[Dwarf]

Technically, once the universe starts recollapsing, then we can conquer it since it won't be accelerating away any more. Besides, its not accelerating away, merely moving away, and any speed it moves we can accelerate past.

So we should start right away! If we start now, when the universe does finally start recollapsing, we'll already have it cornered.

Oh jeeeesos, accept it. There's most likely no FTL travel. At all. Also, if we reach the point where the recollapsing Universe (and it probably won't, as it's looking right now) makes other planets reach a comfortable range to be colonized, we migth as well suicide.

[Cthulhu]

The solution's obvious.  We need to develop a device that will break down all matter everywhere into radiation.

Then, we hold the universe hostage.  If it doesn't give us what we want, everyone dies.

[Eagleon]

None of you are invited to my sexy parties ever Really now, when did the ewoks hurt you?

Thinking about "conquering" the universe now is like thinking about conquering the world in 20,000 BC, only many orders of magnitudes more ridiculous. It's very, very big. Big enough that some of the most optimistic FTL drives in fiction would still be impractical to use. It would take longer for us to expand using most of them than it would for every star out there to grow cold and die. Maybe if we had teleportation, but why not drive smaller? Conquer the subatomic first! Lancers ready! Archers, begin fire! CHARGE THE TURING BARRIER!