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I like you ambition. However I seem to become more conservative and nostalgic with age. The thought of going on a one-way trip to Mars when you are 60 is scary.

by vilius 8y ago

I like you ambition. However I seem to become more conservative and nostalgic with age. The thought of going on a one-way trip to Mars when you are 60 is scary. It is probably too cold and monochromatic for my taste. But thank you for the idea of longer term goals - "Experience zero-gravity and see Earth from outer atmosphere" is now on the list.

whatislovecraft 8y ago
> The thought of going on a one-way trip to Mars Oh my it's not a one-way ticket! Those people selling 1-way tickets were scammers. A key tenet of SpaceX seems to be that you can come home to Earth whenever you want, or at least when the planets align for a fast journey. They will need to transport a lot of Starships back to Earth, and as long as they are like 30% empty it works out for people to come home any time at all. I'm banking on that too, coming back to visit Earth in the future. > when you are 60 is scary. Yeah okay, it is a bit scary to think about now. But I don't think it will be scary then. Should be just like airplanes now - that's the goal for SpaceX anyway. > But thank you for the idea of longer term goals - "Experience zero-gravity and see Earth from outer atmosphere" is now on the list. Woo! You are welcome!
sixothree 8y ago
Virgin Galactic might make that happen sooner than later.
- isostatic 8y ago
  They’ve been promising that since spaceship one, 15 years ago.
gus_massa 8y ago
Apparently in the "vomit comet" you get much more "zero gravity" time for one tenth of the money https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduced-gravity_aircraft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduced-gravity_aircraft But you don't get they nice selfie for posting in Instagram . (And you can argue that it's not the same "zero gravity", but using the fake Einstein quote "Everything is relative".)

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I like you ambition. However I seem to become more conservative and nostalgic with age. The thought of going on a one-way trip to Mars when you are 60 is scary.

by vilius 8y ago

whatislovecraft 8y ago
> The thought of going on a one-way trip to Mars Oh my it's not a one-way ticket! Those people selling 1-way tickets were scammers. A key tenet of SpaceX seems to be that you can come home to Earth whenever you want, or at least when the planets align for a fast journey. They will need to transport a lot of Starships back to Earth, and as long as they are like 30% empty it works out for people to come home any time at all. I'm banking on that too, coming back to visit Earth in the future. > when you are 60 is scary. Yeah okay, it is a bit scary to think about now. But I don't think it will be scary then. Should be just like airplanes now - that's the goal for SpaceX anyway. > But thank you for the idea of longer term goals - "Experience zero-gravity and see Earth from outer atmosphere" is now on the list. Woo! You are welcome!
sixothree 8y ago
Virgin Galactic might make that happen sooner than later.
- isostatic 8y ago
  They’ve been promising that since spaceship one, 15 years ago.
gus_massa 8y ago
Apparently in the "vomit comet" you get much more "zero gravity" time for one tenth of the money https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduced-gravity_aircraft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduced-gravity_aircraft But you don't get they nice selfie for posting in Instagram . (And you can argue that it's not the same "zero gravity", but using the fake Einstein quote "Everything is relative".)