Arthur C. Clarke... Space Oddyssey 2010. The chinese secretly constructed an interplanetary spacecraft in plan sight... saying it was a space station.

Perhaps not incapable, but at the very least _currently_ unwilling. FOSS is still gaining traction and staying with the status quo makes the transition easier for people. There are pros and cons to that: easier transition, yet innovative stagnation. Perhaps what's really needed is a radical paradigm-shift, something new and amazing that will draw people to it. If you build it, they will come ; )

I intend this as a serious question, so please do not be offended. I am just curious.

I can fully appreciate the archeological landmarks used to begin the calculation of the earth's age. So long as the dates provided in the Bible are accurate, it makes perfect sense. From the fall of Jerusalem backwards through Solomon's kingdom and Temple, to the Exodus from Egypt, and all the way to Noah and the Flood, we have reached the year 3987 B.C., approximately.

Now, finding that all of the above time-spans and dates are correct and accurate, what seems difficult to believe is the Genesis genealogy that comes previous to the flood (Gen 5:3-32). What support, evidence, or explanations are there for the listed ages in the genealogy? I have never once heard someone with an explanation to these millennium-aged people; Adam lived 800 years, Seth lived 912 years, Enosh lived 905 years, Kenan lived 910 years, and so on and so forth.

What explanations are out there?