A Comprehensive Literature Study on Technology Pertaining to Interstellar Travel and the Current Human Standing
Keywords:
Interstellar Travel, Space Exploration, Space Challenges, Space TechnologyAbstract
Humans are always fascinated by looking at the night sky. Numerous worlds are waiting to be explored. In this paper, we have reviewed the work done by researchers that will help us answer the possibility of Interstellar travel. What is our current stance on the journey of Interstellar travel? What are the challenges that we have to counter? What are the limitations of the human body in the course of interstellar travel? Can our Human body withstand the cosmic rays that can smash a whole spaceship within a glimpse of seconds? And even if we have countered the challenges, how will we decide our destination star or planet? Are there any criteria for choosing a habitable planet? Our present technologies can’t take the responsibility to make us travel millions of light years. So which technologies can become a favorable candidate for interstellar travel? How can Genetic Engineering become a boon for interstellar travelers? How will we communicate during unbound and unpredictable isolation? Lastly, what is our view on the possibility of Interstellar travel and what are the future scope and possibility of interstellar travel?
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