If real scientists wrote Alien scripts?

Pector

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All sci-fi movies are fictional and contain elements that may be unscientific. But within the rough frame-work of Alien franchise, especially Covenant, how would a story differ if real scientists were involved in writing the script?

I will begin with what will be left out.

1. plot motifs that are suggestive of creationism

We don't know the full story behind the Alien universe but the current evidences for evolution and human origin on Earth are so strong that alternative stories sound downright stupid.

What I can suggest is to root human origin on earth but make unknown hominid cousins that left the earth earlier. much much earlier and are scientifically more advanced.

This means all biblical mysticism has to go but R Scott certainly loves it and probably is a religious man.

By the way you cannot have 3 billion years old hominids that are genetically similar to us... if you are familiar with molecular biology and genetics, you should know about SNPs and mutation rates...

2. Timeline should be pushed forward , at least 200 years.

There is no chance in hell that we will colonize other star systems in the next 500 years. But this is sci fi so 200 will do.

3. We may acquire the technology to colonize other star systems but probably won't for economical reasons for a long long time.

4. In the mean time all serious businesses like exploration will be done by robots and AI as advancement in AI will be much quicker than that in space flight technology.

5. Human travel in space will only be for recreational/entertainment purposes. Actually colonization too as the human race will have little need to colonize other star systems for a long long time.

6. When we travel to other star systems it is far more likely that we send just embryos or even just genetic codes that are to be assembled by AI when the ship gets there.

7. We will do a thorough job in making sure there is no alien life form on the planet we want to colonize. We will certainly send out drones and robots for exploration first when we get there.

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Pector

If Feynman was around and aware of the work going on, he'd change his tune about interstellar travel.

IN SPACE THERE IS NO WARNING

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There is the radio frequency resonant cavity thruster, also known as an Emdrive. So, tt doesn't require any fuel. According to a wikipedia source, "there is no theoretical consensus as to how a resonant cavity could produce such thrust. Despite this, inventors have tried to develop such a drive because of the possibility of supporting long voyages in space, where propellant is a primary limiting factor." It was first invented in 2001. China claims they are about the convert all of their satellites to this EmDrive, but there is no proof of them actually having a working "engine". NASA tested it and found that it does produce thrust, but apparently no one understands why it actually works. It violates one of the laws of physics, which is why people can't understand how it works. Of course, the inventor says it doesn't violate. It functions off of microwaves. The main who invented (Shawyer) claims that we can get to Mars in 70 days. Compare this to the current trip time of 150-300 days. I guess Elon Musk did fly the first reusable rockets, but this EmDrive is the future (hopefully). Of course, EmDrive hasn't been tested in space...yet. According to another source in 2014, Shawyer is working on a faster version that could "increase the thrust by up to five orders of magnitude." NASA released a paper on their research with EmDrive. Some read this paper as stating that EmDrive could go faster than lightspeed. 1.2 times the speed of light actually and this is in a test where they weren't trying to see how fast it can actually go. There is much controversy over EmDrive and whether it works or it doesn't and over how fast it can go. EmDrive can also be applied to Earth transportation as well, according to the inventor. If we could travel at lightspeed, we could get to Pluto in 5 years. Then you gotta ask yourself about time dilation. There is so much to consider in space travel and I am no scientist in any way. Still after Pluto, interstellar space is not that far away. NASA's got New Horizons going to the Kuiper Belt. The farthest object made by man is Voyager 1, which is in interstellar space right now (entered in August 2012).