Re:SpaceX successfully launches two humans into orbit
by zzzzzzzza on Saturday May 30, 2020 @07:50PM
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If anything the oil platform is much much more appealing. You can go diving and see a bunch of sea life. That's part of why as a human I'm more excited by sea steading than space exploration.
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Re:SpaceX successfully launches two humans into orbit
by TeMPOraL on Sunday May 31, 2020 @06:13AM
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We can do both. We should do both, as both will provide technology for creating and maintaining artificial, closed environments for long-term habitation.
(Though in all honesty, I want to see both happen because I loved both Star Trek and SeaQuest DSV as a kid.)
Re:SpaceX successfully launches two humans into orbit
by babesh on Saturday May 30, 2020 @09:34PM
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Would it be exciting to terraform a planet or go to another star system and observe life there?
Re:SpaceX successfully launches two humans into orbit
by antepodius on Sunday May 31, 2020 @12:34AM
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Would it be exciting to live in a tin can and do maintenance on air purifiers for 20 years?
Re:SpaceX successfully launches two humans into orbit
by jotm on Sunday May 31, 2020 @03:28PM
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As long as Earth streams memes :D
But yeah, it's not for everyone. Imo, it would be pretty exciting to continuously enlarge some sort of habitat somewhere.
In case there's no way to return to Earth, would definitely need a steady supply of drugs of all kinds and good doctors, otherwise suicides would become the number one cause of death soon enough.