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Also you have to be able to process any matter and in worst case you have to transform matter by the means of fission and fusion. | Also you have to be able to process any matter and in worst case you have to transform matter by the means of fission and fusion. | ||
Say, you want to produce new oxygen after an accident or you | Say, you want to produce new oxygen after an accident or you spare parts but the required type of matter isn't available. Either you can transform matter or you die. | ||
If any tech is insufficient then the space program will likely fail. At the point where an alien is able to travel in person to planet Earth its society has mastered all the required technologies - but that also means they don't need our resources. They just could go anywhere, terraform any dead planet and avoid the hostile contact with humans. If it is just about matter you can fly to your home star, collect plasma and cool it down. | If any tech is insufficient then the space program will likely fail. At the point where an alien is able to travel in person to planet Earth its society has mastered all the required technologies - but that also means they don't need our resources. They just could go anywhere, terraform any dead planet and avoid the hostile contact with humans. If it is just about matter you can fly to your home star, collect plasma and cool it down. |
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