If True Space Travel Were Possible, Would You Like to Travel Into Space?
By pyewacket
@pyewacket (43903)
United States
June 4, 2007 10:10pm CST
Since I'm a science fiction fan and love movies like the Star Trek and Star Wars...I sometimes wish I really could travel in space and go to distance galaxies far, far away. But gee, the way our technology is it doesn't look like we'll be ready to hop in a Millenium Falcon or board the
Enterprise none too soon....still...one can dream right...
But say we did have the technology to do so...would you travel into space and maybe go and visit the Andromeda galaxy for instance? It's only 2.5 million light years away--LOL
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
5 Jun 07
Then let's boldly go together--Hehehe
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@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
5 Jun 07
well, most of us are cowards but for sure, we don't wanna miss the opportunity of going somewhere and being in space. it will be a great moment for most of us. wonder how much the space travel will cost us. hehe.
@polachicago (18716)
• United States
5 Jun 07
I am ready to fly today...right now...I am all pack...hmm...I want to take my babies with me...they will love it...can you imagine space dogs walk?..or cat..burr...(?)
how about living on space station with some people and animals...traveling from star to star...and comeback 100 years younger..ha, ha....
@polachicago (18716)
• United States
5 Jun 07
cat is too independent for traveling cage...(I can hear that cry)...
they may like to be in space...
I would have to take my kitten favorite chair with...she thinks that it belongs to her only....
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
5 Jun 07
Kitties in space...mmm...my cats don't even like to go into the traveling case!! LOL
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@iknowitall (455)
• United States
8 Jun 07
that must be how she got stuck in that web... tehehe
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
5 Jun 07
Awww--you mean the "Tink" in you wouldn't like to fly into space??
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@GnosticGoddess (5626)
• United States
7 Jun 07
Yes I believe I would. As long as it was perfectly safe that is LOL. I think it would be fascinating! I would prefer lodgings such as The Enterprise though other than those of the Millennium Falcon and such. :)
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@GnosticGoddess (5626)
• United States
8 Jun 07
Oh I agree :) The Enterprise had some speed too though to be so big :)
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
8 Jun 07
I love the speed and how the Millennium Falcon looks, but as far as size, the Enterprise is like a floating city since it's so large
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@Qaeyious (2357)
• United States
5 Jun 07
Let me know when they put up a Holiday Inn there. Then I'll consider it. OK, maybe I'll spend a summer on Mars first.
Venus and Mercury are out. Maybe a flyby, but I'm not landing on those -- or the sun. And I am sure Jupiter and Saturn would crush me. Maybe a five-star hotel that orbits Saturn, just a little further off and at a slight angle off the rings. That view would be out of this world ...
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
5 Jun 07
Saturn would definitely be a great sight to see close up!! Such a beautiful planet with all those rings
@dcroome2005 (1210)
• United States
6 Jun 07
Part of me wants to say yes and the other part of me says no. I am scared of flying much less being in space. If they were to tell me I had to go up to space to save a very dear friend of family member, then I would be there in a heartbeat. Other than that, they couldn't pay me enough to go up.
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@budsr03 (2350)
• Canada
6 Jun 07
That depends! It's your discussion, so would i be able to come back? LOL! I think i would love it, i'm always wondering whats out there, who's out there, how vast is space? I guess i would like to see for myself, as long as i can come back! Take care Pyewacket.
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@emeraldisle (13139)
• United States
6 Jun 07
If it were possible I'd be in space right now. I've always wanted to do such things. I loved growing up and watching Star Trek, Star Wars..even the Jetsons and thinking that when I was an adult I could go into space. Well it's not but I can still dream and wonder what it would be like.
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@emeraldisle (13139)
• United States
6 Jun 07
I've never actually flown. I've been on a train, several variety of ships, I was even in a covered wagon once but I have never flown. I'd love to though. Maybe some day in the future.
Yes I know what scene you are talking about. I like that whole section actually. I'd love to do smoething like that. It would be fun.
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
6 Jun 07
Although I haven't flown in a really long time, maybe it's because I did love it is the reason for my yearning to travel in space...I was the only one in the family that did fly...my mom had a real deathly fear of it...so she must have thought I was out of my mind when I suggested that next time we went to Florida (Disneyworld) that I wanted to fly down instead of go with her on Amtrak train...Since you're a Star Wars fan you probably would remember this
It's in The Empire Strikes Back...it's the scene where Han Solo is flying the Millenium Falcon in the asteroids..it's really zooming around there...I asked my mom...wouldn't you love to fly like that...she had the most deathly pale look on her face and shook her head no...Well I would..like to fly like that!! LOL
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@sigma77 (5383)
• United States
8 Jun 07
Even at 10 times the speed of light, it would take 250,000 years to get there, or longer since that galaxy might be moving away from us. So the way to travel is using some quantum physic related method. Or perhaps in some spiritual plane.
But why go to Andromeda? There are billions of planets and stars in our own galaxy. Start there, if you will..lol. It might be interesting to imagine space travel, but as a species or people, we on this planet are not ready for space travel. It involves a certain level of development of humanity to justify traveling to other planets. In my belief, that is. We are still far to barbaric to accept the responsibility of space travel.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
16 Jul 07
Even if we were somehow about to accomplish true space travel anyway, even the far reaches of our own galaxy and we discovered life forms, knowing mankind's track record we'd want to study it, analyze it and conquer it
@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
6 Jun 07
yeah sounds good idea going out of our own planets and meet other aliens other than our own. Or yet we start building our own colonies in other planets and make it habitable. That sounds chellenging.
With our current technology I think it would take us some time before these dreams can be realized. Only in computer games does this happen where space travel can be played and be done.
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
6 Jun 07
I just hope comes the time we are capable of travel like that and colonize other planets, that we don't louse up those environments the way we've loused up our own planet
@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
6 Jun 07
I might go somewhere closer to earth, nothing too far. I would first explore our own galaxy, that should be enough for my lifetime.
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
6 Jun 07
Well our galaxy, the milky way is pretty extensive--here are the facts in case you're curious
* How far is the Sun from the middle of our galaxy, the Milky Way ? 30 000 light years.
* How big is the Milky Way ? 100 000 light years across. This is 100 million times the diameter of Pluto's orbit.
* How many stars are there in the Milky Way ? About 100 billion (= 1011).
Got this info from here:
http://www.hartrao.ac.za/other/howfar/howfar.html
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@charms88 (7538)
• Philippines
5 Jun 07
Given the chance, I would love to travel into space even for just a day. It would be so exciting to see what's the other planets look like. Sometimes, I kept wondering if there is indeed life outside the earth. Still, as I look at the pictures of our galaxy, I can't help but think that it look so sad and empty. I prefer to see more lively scenery around me.
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
5 Jun 07
I would like to know for sure if there is life out there...how can there not be? We can't be the only ones here in this vast universe.
@swaraj_dv (51)
• India
6 Jun 07
I would definitely...but fact is that who wouldn`t.....Everyone is ancxiuos to explore whats beyond this solar system....I am very curious to explore so i want to travel
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
6 Jun 07
mmm..another space cadet like me--LOL---so when do we go?? hehe
@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
15 Jul 07
Well, I don't know about space travel, pyewacket. You see, I still have not conquered airplane travel. I'm sort of like the character, B.A. Barrakas, on the old tv series The A-Team. You might be able to get me on a plane, but you would most certainly have to knock me out cold beforehand. I have always had a fear of heights. I get dizzy just standing on a chair. I live on the 5th floor in my building, and it is very hard for me to look over the balcony on the few occasions that I go out there. I guess you could call me a wimp, LOL.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
16 Jul 07
No you're not a wimp...hehe...flying never bothered me for some reason when I used to...but like you can't stand heights....no problem standing on a chair...but get me up on a ladder and yeesh....just don't feel comfortable
@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
6 Jun 07
I definitely would love to go into space and see what else is out there. I think it would be a neat and exciting experience and interesting. I have always been curious to see what is out there in the galaxy. I doubt any or many of us will ever get to explore outer space. It is also very dangerous going into space.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
6 Jun 07
Sad but true....the kind of space travel we see in movies won't be in our lifetime
@margieanneart (26423)
• United States
5 Jun 07
I would never consider it, or do it. I am not a pioneer. I want to stay right here where I am.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
5 Jun 07
Mmmmm...I'm ready when you are TerryZ...lets go------------
@iknowitall (455)
• United States
5 Jun 07
I have always been interested in astronomer, and am also a big fan of SCI-Fi, so yeah I would love to travel into space if it were possible and safe...
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
5 Jun 07
I'm a great astronomy buff too...in fact wanted to be an astronomer when I was a kid
@LilyoftheThorns (12918)
• United States
6 Jun 07
I don't think i would like traveling into space on bit! I would be way to scared, and I would constantly remind myself of all the bad things that could happen while flying around in space. I'll be very happy just staying right here on planet earth! lol
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
6 Jun 07
Mmmmm..bad things can happen while driving in a car--LOL
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
5 Jun 07
Well there's nothing wrong with imagination now...is there??
