If we ever encountered alien technology, could we even reverse engineer it?

# Are there examples  of successful reverse engineering more “advanced” technology in history? Where are the limits?
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Suspended Animation

Colony Ships

In order to turn space into a true frontier we need many technological revolutions

Each spacecraft is like its own little mobile settlement in the vastness of space

Our collective purpose should be to expand our knowledge and capability

# Children of Time
Sci-fi book 
A large part of the plot is driven by [[Suspended Animation]], which allows multiple generations of evolution to occur during the lifetimes of individual humans. Also revolves around large [[Colony Ships]]. The spider colony uses [[Artificial Muscles as Linear Actuators]] and Ants as computers ([[Ani
Recommended by [[Sam Arbesman]]

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[Amazon.com: Children of Time (9780316452502): Adrian Tchaikovsky: Books](https://www.amazon.com/Children-Time-Adrian-Tchaikovsky/dp/0316452505/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1581261868&sr=8-1)



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