100 Year Starship: An interstellar leap for mankind?

[DigitalBuddha]

100 Year Starship: An interstellar leap for mankind?

Is a Pentagon plan for a spaceship travel outside our solar system a crackpot idea, or a visionary blueprint for reaching the stars?



When Jack Sarfatti was 13 years old, he began receiving phone calls from a strange metallic voice that told him he would someday become part of an elite group of scientists exploring uncharted territory. Those calls, which he believes may have come from a computer on a spacecraft, proved a seminal influence on his life and led him to pursue a career that combined mainstream physics with an enduring interest in UFOs and the far-out reaches of science.

Check it out - http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120321-searching-for-a-starship

[milnie]

Maybe it was Stephen Hawkins calling him? Has anyone heard his 'new' voice?

[DigitalBuddha]

Maybe it was Stephen Hawkins calling him? Has anyone heard his 'new' voice?

He has a new voice? I did not know that. Would be cool to hear.

[meekon5]

I did try to find it on :

http://www.fulldocumentary.com/default.asp?action=default

but no luck, still nice source of on-line documentaries.

[Abideist]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GcmbFb8afQ

Stephen Hawkings new voice.

[DigitalBuddha]

The thought comes to mind that it would be cool to hear a few Lebowski quotes in Hawking's voice..."well, that's just like your opinion, man."

[meekon5]

Install the micro$oft voice api (SDK) and run some text as one of the voices.

Hours of fun for all the family.