That's a very positive scenario Pvk. There is no reason not to believe it, and I do hope for it to be true.
My own suspicions are a little more pessimistic. Not quite as negative as Atrocities though.
I think we are going to find it's exceedingly difficult to travel between the stars. I do have some hope that we will someday make contact with other intelligent races by radio, or some similer means of long distance communication. I could easily see a vast communication network of intelligent races sharing information about themselves. Of course even at light speed it would be slow, but the mere fact someone is out there talking to you would be fascinating.
Over time you could get enough information about one another to take "virtual" trips to one anothers planets.
Re: Newtonian ships or not?.
Threaded Mode