SpaceX:
SpaceX stands for space exploration. This is why Elon Musk named his Space Exploration Technologies Company as such. I think deep down inside, we all want to explore space. This would explain why we go to Star Wars and Star Trek movies in droves. But the reality is, if we go the speed of light, or even twice or three times as fast, we will never actually be able to explore space, because it would take too long to get anywhere! The closest star to earth, other than our Sun, is Proxima Centauri, which is 4.4 light years away. Which means, it would take us over 4 years to get there at the speed of light. Say what???!!! But if you want to talk reality, and we had to stick to the conventional propulsion systems that we have today, it would take us over 19,000 years to get there......
The thing is, I sit in my backyard by the pool at night and look to the sky. Many nights, I can see Mars glowing red on the horizon..... and it appears to be calling out to earth saying "come and visit"..... But to make that happen, it seems that we can't go fast enough, can't stay alive long enough, can't land, can't breathe, and on and on - to actually get there! To a simpleton like me, if I'm here, and Mars is just right there (yes, it seems like I can almost touch it sometimes), why can't I get there in 1 minute???
Well, just as we make advancements in technologies everyday, I believe that someday we'll figure out how to travel through space. And I don't think it'll be rockets and thrusters and jet propulsion that gets us there. It'll be something totally different. And I think a theoretical physicist named Miguel Alcubierre has already put the key in the door..... In 1994 he proposed a theory of physics that would create a wave in space time, allowing a spacecraft to ride this wave in a bubble, and into the heavens at the speed of light and beyond, without disrupting Einsteins laws of general relativity. He calls it the "Alcubierre Warp Drive". And YES, he named it after that famous Star Trek maneuver..... "Warp Speed". Of course, there are those in academia that challenge his studies, but amazingly, his theory is backed up the laws of physics! But now, how do we generate enough power to create that bubble....???
So....., since we're pretty much earth bound these days, I've always wondered what deep space would sound like. Would it be bangs and crashes, or maybe it would sound like the static from your TV when it's stuck on dead air. Or worst of all, maybe it would be totally quiet. This is most likely the case, since sound needs molecules to carry its shock waves onward.... not many molecules per square inch in interstellar Space. But, if a sound is low enough, like 57 octaves below the frequencies that can be heard by the human ear, the sound wave is long enough to ripple through the gas and dust of space, which is vastly spread out. Apparently, Black Holes do just that, belching out sub-sonic burps into the heavens.
Well, I can't get my synthesizer to go 57 octaves below middle C, but I thought it would be fun to listen to the realm of Space just as it sounds in my dreams! First thing I noticed was that the sound of Space has rhythm! I think it might be the sound of time marching by.......