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Well, families with children make things a bit less likely, but I 100% would be on a list to go if I was childless. Even knowing it was a one way trip. Life is

Well, families with children make things a bit less likely, but I 100% would be on a list to go if I was childless. Even knowing it was a one way trip. Life is already short and if you cannot do something truly meaningful (subject to personal interpretation), then what are you doing with your life? Meaningful to me happens to include space exploration. Having had kids that list also includes raising my part of the next generation to be good members of the human race.

derekp7 11y ago
The thing is, when you get there you are essentially living in a small prison cell. At least until there is enough infrastructure to move around in. But your activities are still limited to about what you can do sitting in a little room in front of a computer. Just thinking about some small things, such as going swimming, or riding a bicycle on a path through the woods. Or hiking / camping, or driving a sports car along a twisty mountain road.
- MaulingMonkey 11y ago
  > But your activities are still limited to about what you can do sitting in a little room in front of a computer. Which sounds fine until you remember you'll have a ping in the realm of 4-24 minutes. And you thought you had trouble matchmaking in some games now...
- fudged71 11y ago
  >you are essentially living in a small prison cell. [...] But your activities are still limited to about what you can do sitting in a little room in front of a computer. Honestly the VR scenario here isn't so bad and you get exercise from it too :) What young rich kid wouldn't want to play video games and colonize a new planet?!
brianwawok 11y ago
I think cruising around space on the Enterprise is pretty meaningful life. But how would a more realistic living 20 years on Mars in a 100x100 foot dome do the same? The exploration part would wear off after maybe 2 weeks.

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Well, families with children make things a bit less likely, but I 100% would be on a list to go if I was childless. Even knowing it was a one way trip. Life is

by lsaferite 11y ago

derekp7 11y ago
The thing is, when you get there you are essentially living in a small prison cell. At least until there is enough infrastructure to move around in. But your activities are still limited to about what you can do sitting in a little room in front of a computer. Just thinking about some small things, such as going swimming, or riding a bicycle on a path through the woods. Or hiking / camping, or driving a sports car along a twisty mountain road.
- MaulingMonkey 11y ago
  > But your activities are still limited to about what you can do sitting in a little room in front of a computer. Which sounds fine until you remember you'll have a ping in the realm of 4-24 minutes. And you thought you had trouble matchmaking in some games now...
- fudged71 11y ago
  >you are essentially living in a small prison cell. [...] But your activities are still limited to about what you can do sitting in a little room in front of a computer. Honestly the VR scenario here isn't so bad and you get exercise from it too :) What young rich kid wouldn't want to play video games and colonize a new planet?!
brianwawok 11y ago
I think cruising around space on the Enterprise is pretty meaningful life. But how would a more realistic living 20 years on Mars in a 100x100 foot dome do the same? The exploration part would wear off after maybe 2 weeks.