• Question: will humans ever fly

    Asked by Twilight Fang to Alex on 8 Mar 2017.
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      Alex Evans answered on 8 Mar 2017:


      Unless you mean in man-made vehicles, then the answer is unfortunately no 🙁

      The evolution of flight in birds and other groups of animals took a very long time (perhaps millions of years) and very specific circumstances. We humans are very well adapted at certain tasks, but flight won’t be one of them!

      Perhaps in low-gravity environments, we could design wing-suits that could allow us to fly like birds do, but we would still need air to move around the wings, so unfortunately the moon won’t be very helpful.

      Sorry!

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