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Time Travel and Fresh Cherries

Into The Universe is an interesting Discovery channel show by Stephen Hawking. One episode discusses time travel, going over several theoretical ways it might be possible under the laws of physics as we know them.

In the show, Hawking concludes that time travel to the past is probably not physically possible. Time travel to the future, however, is certainly possible. The show describes several possibilities, all exploiting time dilation in some way.

This got me thinking. What if the astounding challenges of engineering and power requirements were somehow solved, to the point that forward time travel was not only possible, but extremely affordable? In other words, you could affordably ship a cargo container "into the future" some number of months or years, just as easily and affordably as you could ship an 18-wheeler full of cargo from one side of a continent to another.

Such a technology would have fascinating implications:

What are YOUR ideas? If transporting anything months or years into the future was cheap and reliable, how would it change your world?