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I'd argue that the best chance for anyone reading this to be remembered in 1000 years is to be the first person to do X on Mars, where X is probably "set foot".
by ukulele 9y ago
I'd argue that the best chance for anyone reading this to be remembered in 1000 years is to be the first person to do X on Mars, where X is probably "set foot".
That'd get you in the history books for anything related to space travel for generations to come.
- baddox 9y agoMaybe not, if humans have set foot on a bunch of other celestial bodies in 1000 years. In that case, perhaps only Armstrong would be in history books as the first human to set foot on a body other than Earth.
- EGreg 9y agoMars is the first planet we would set foot on outside Earth. The moon is nice but we are far more likely to actually colonize Mars first. In short - it will mark the ACTUAL expansion having started. Who woudn't remember that?
- nostrademons 9y agoNo guarantee that the definition of "planet" stays the same for 1000 years. Hell, it's already changed once in my lifetime. If we end up colonizing other worlds, it's likely that future space colonists will regard a "planet" as any habitable world, whether it's actually a planet, planetesimal, moon, or asteroid. Armstrong's accomplishment would stand in the record books in that case.
- chillacy 9y agoI dunno, do you remember the first person from Polynesia to set foot in Hawaii? 1000 years is a long time, and the galaxy is a big place. All bets are off.
- chubot 9y agoThere's a funny bit in the Norm MacDonald special on Netflix about that exact thing... He challenges the audience to name the 3rd guy who went to the moon.
- uoaei 9y agoI have a long-term plan to start a pizza chain on Mars that delivers with rockets and capsules.
- TheGrassyKnoll 9y agohttp://www.marscoin.org/ http://www.marscoin.org/