How desperate are you to travel through space on a non-earth bound vessel?

And I say non-earth bound, since the earth itself, of course, is a space vessel. Though it's not very easily (or safely) steered.

On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being "not at all interested in travelling to other planets or stars" to 10 being "I'd drop everything in my life in a heartbeat to be out amongst the stars", where are you?

I'm a 10. Especially if there's warp drive. But I'd give it all up just to take a trip to another planet, or even the moon. My preference, though, is to travel to other start systems.

I used to keep track of your postings!
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Both to me, and to the developmentally disabled.

Gosh, such a good use of language you have.

Do you also say things are "gay" and when you strike a good bargain, do you like to say you "Jewed" the salesman? Maybe you prefer the lustrous sound of "Indian Giver" or perhaps the more orally exciting-to-say "Sand Nigger". Maybe it's funny to walk like you are injured and say you are "gimping around" and that the poor are "welfare queens" or maybe just "whores".

Gosh. I'm "retarded".

Oh, ouch.

You've said some mighty stupid things tonight like "why respect Shackleton who died in Antarctica when thousands of people fly outta there every year"...

Maybe not "retarded" ...how about "idiotic"? :D

It's one of the reasons I supported Wes Clark's campaign.

Some folks got together and started a private company and built the first privately owned space craft. I think they've had three successful flights. Their goal is to make space travel available to the ordinary citizen.

"Beam me up Scotty, this planet SUCKS"

Count me in! Please pass the pipe. :D

I'm skeered of the unknown. LOL

Because in space, no on can hear you say "nucular".

Welcome to DU! :hi:

I'd forgotten that another benefit of going to another planet is to get away from godawful ignorant jackass in the white house.

Woo hoo!

What a trip!

Not with earth beings - but Aliens - and go to different worlds and see what else is out there. It's gotta be better than here.

Why - do you know of one leaving soon? :)

I would wait until the risks of space flight were reliably low. Although there have only been three major accidents so far (Soyuz in 1974, and two Shuttles in 1986 and 2002), there has not been enough passenger transportation in space to make any meaningful conclusions.

I'm just not brimming with the pioneer spirit right now. Survival is more important. But I do believe that the development of a spacegoing culture is the necessary and perhaps only choice ahead of us.

Once low-risk passenger transportation to the Moon and Mars was established, I'd raise that number to a nine. But if we don't confront the problems of "peak oil" and climate change soon, space will be out of our reach for a long, long time.

--p!

But not for me. I'd drop everything to help put all Republicans on a vessel bound for some farway galaxy. ;)

I thought you had more scruples than that! That's like ending your termite infestation by relocating them all to your neighbor's house. It works, but it's rude to the neighbor.

I'd just send them straight into a sun or a black hole and rid the entire universe, not just the earth, of the evil bastards.

I remember once, I was huffing angel dust with Helen Hunt on the roof of our highschool gym. We were much younger then, of course...

Anyway, Helen said, "you know, if you snort enough of this, you can actually fly. Maybe even to other planets and stuff. Here...watch me..."

And she walked to the edge of the roof, started flapping her arms, and lept to her death.

It was pretty awful, but ever since then, I've wanted to travel to other planets.

You know...in honour of Helen Hunt.

to space travel.

And I get motion sickness, but hey, it'd be worth it to see the stars up close and personal.

They hate cars moving around.

What would they do at Warp 7?

I'm picturing the Garfield stuffed toy that folks used to suction cup on their vehicle windows. Times the number of cats then cubed.

9.5.