@tinamarie1974 Hey I had a dream about traveling in space going to the center of the universe. I was looking out the window watching what was going by. With me (although peripheral to the dream) was a student I had worked with at outward bound who had a spinal cord injury and he was thrilled he didn’t need his walker, cane and wheel chair in space. It was a disappointment to wake up from that dream. Does that count as space travel? And like you I’d like space travel. I don’t have enough money saved to live to 400 anyway.
@Kidsandliz yeah I saw my great grandmother live to 100. Although she was in execellent health until about 2 days before she died she was tired. She was ready to die. That is where the basis of my answer came from
I would vastly prefer society have casual space travel than an expected lifespan of 400 years. Longer lives would probably only exacerbate our social, economic, and environmental problems, while casual space travel would probably help mitigate a lot of them.
If it’s just me, I’d pick the long lifespan. I don’t think I could accomplish much of interest traveling through space by myself.
400 years!? Are you fucking kidding me? I feel 90 years on this human-virus infested rock is too long. I will be fucking exhausted of putting up with other human beings by that time. I will be ready for a new adventure to the “other side”. What I haven’t decided is whether to go into the light, or just hang around as a spirit to fuck with people who deserve it, and watch out for my children.
400 yrs? Would I look like 400 or would I still have the looks & energy I had in my 30’s?
Space travel would be kinda OK if I had artificial gravity, real food and it didn’t take 500 yrs to get somewhere…
Casual space travel, eh? Would I be able to wear breezy tennis cardigans ‘n’ such? And have little pink pom-poms on my socks?
My take on space is that it’s too big and empty to be interesting for anything like casual travel. Even in situations where we quadruple the speed of light – which, let’s be real now, ain’t gonna happen – it’ll take forever to get anywhere “interesting”, and most of us schlubs aren’t going to want to take the trip. Best to send robots. There. I said it.
Now… 400 years of living! That’s the kind of healthful, zesty enterprise I can put my shoulder behind. I might finally get around to memorizing the works of Nathaniel Merriweather, or gilding the proverbial lily, or snacking on every kind of salted rind that’s snackable.
Yessirree. As much of a fan as I am of “space” as an abstract trance-inducing metaphor and fountain of surprising New Physics brain-busters, I’m emphatically not signing up for going there personally, “casually” or not. It’s simply too vast, too hostile and the distances and times involved are unforgiving.
@UncleVinny
You could wear whatever would be acceptable on a commercial airplane flight. You’d be able to travel to most places in our solar system within a week or so.
@eonfifty@UncleVinny Why would you want to casually go to other planets in our solar system? I understand why from a science and exploration perspective, but once it’s “casual,” then it’s just a bunch of cold, inhospitable places to go, look out a window, then make the long trip home.
I was really bummed when the news recently covered that scientific article that life (all) will be wiped out on Earth ~2050. I had really had my sights set on a minimum of 100 (I’d only be early 80’s).
If per your rules I pretty much feel 10 years younger than now for 200-300 of those, the long life is for me. I like the idea of space travel (again allowing for your rule that the whole solar system is a week away, and I’m traveling maybe not as posh as Jennifer Lawrence in Passengers but not as bad as Chris Pratt in his first 2 years of the film) but having time here would be my preference.
@DrWorm@Limewater
You can have some leeway at the youthful and elderly ends of the lifespan. Maybe your aging during the first 20 years of your life is normal, and the same with the last 20 years.
@DennisG2014
Causal space travel means you can go anywhere in the solar system within a week on a spaceship version of a large, modern airliner, if that changes your opinion.
@eonfifty I refuse to accept that premise, so it does not change my opinion.
If any sciency, mathy folks want to help a brother out - how fast would one have to be traveling to reach Pluto (e.g.) in a week?
Maybe it’s more realistic than I assume.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Anyway, if you really want me to play by the rules… I think being stuck on Earth for 400 years would get boring as hell, so I’ll take the space travel.
@DennisG2014 Criminy - I wouldn’t worry about how long it takes to get to Pluto. We’ll just use the starship enterprise. If you are really in a hurry use the tele-transporter. (We might as well go for broke - Right?)
Space travel, if we could get close to light speed (with the inherent time-dilation). I could take a month-long vacation in space, then return to Earth and visit the graves of all of the friends who chose to live 400 years.
Besides, if I chose a long life, it would just be my luck to die at 85 because I was run over by someone heading to the spaceport.
The long lifespan. I love being here, for all the best and the worst life has to offer. I want that much more time with my husband and I want that much more time with my boys. Although changing diapers for twenty years would suck ass. I guess I would like it more if I was the only one on that time frame. Getting to watch my people go through their lives would be good. So much so that I don’t mind outliving them, if they got to live through nice long lives.
Space travel
@tinamarie1974 Hey I had a dream about traveling in space going to the center of the universe. I was looking out the window watching what was going by. With me (although peripheral to the dream) was a student I had worked with at outward bound who had a spinal cord injury and he was thrilled he didn’t need his walker, cane and wheel chair in space. It was a disappointment to wake up from that dream. Does that count as space travel? And like you I’d like space travel. I don’t have enough money saved to live to 400 anyway.
@Kidsandliz
You would age more slowly so that you could work until retirement at age 360 or so.
@eonfifty You convinced me. Definitely space travel.
@Kidsandliz yeah I saw my great grandmother live to 100. Although she was in execellent health until about 2 days before she died she was tired. She was ready to die. That is where the basis of my answer came from
You mean for people in general, or just for me?
I would vastly prefer society have casual space travel than an expected lifespan of 400 years. Longer lives would probably only exacerbate our social, economic, and environmental problems, while casual space travel would probably help mitigate a lot of them.
If it’s just me, I’d pick the long lifespan. I don’t think I could accomplish much of interest traveling through space by myself.
@Limewater
For people in general.
I’m with @Limewater on this one - people in general go drift through space, I’ll make snarky comments as I slowly grow old.
400 years!? Are you fucking kidding me? I feel 90 years on this human-virus infested rock is too long. I will be fucking exhausted of putting up with other human beings by that time. I will be ready for a new adventure to the “other side”. What I haven’t decided is whether to go into the light, or just hang around as a spirit to fuck with people who deserve it, and watch out for my children.
Space Travel - casual is fine, but I’d want some Sirius Space Travel
/giphy Sirius Space Travel
@stolicat
/giphy very interesting…
400 yrs? Would I look like 400 or would I still have the looks & energy I had in my 30’s?
Space travel would be kinda OK if I had artificial gravity, real food and it didn’t take 500 yrs to get somewhere…
@daveinwarsh
You’d age more slowly. Your mid-30s would be about 200 years old.
Officer I SWEAR she said she’s 103!
@daveinwarsh
Also, you can have artificial gravity and real food, and you can go anywhere in the solar system from Earth in about 4 days.
Casual space travel, eh? Would I be able to wear breezy tennis cardigans ‘n’ such? And have little pink pom-poms on my socks?
My take on space is that it’s too big and empty to be interesting for anything like casual travel. Even in situations where we quadruple the speed of light – which, let’s be real now, ain’t gonna happen – it’ll take forever to get anywhere “interesting”, and most of us schlubs aren’t going to want to take the trip. Best to send robots. There. I said it.
Now… 400 years of living! That’s the kind of healthful, zesty enterprise I can put my shoulder behind. I might finally get around to memorizing the works of Nathaniel Merriweather, or gilding the proverbial lily, or snacking on every kind of salted rind that’s snackable.
Yessirree. As much of a fan as I am of “space” as an abstract trance-inducing metaphor and fountain of surprising New Physics brain-busters, I’m emphatically not signing up for going there personally, “casually” or not. It’s simply too vast, too hostile and the distances and times involved are unforgiving.
There, I’ve repeated myself. Time for snoozles.
@UncleVinny
You could wear whatever would be acceptable on a commercial airplane flight. You’d be able to travel to most places in our solar system within a week or so.
@eonfifty @UncleVinny but don’t forget to bring a towel regardless of what you wear!
@eonfifty @UncleVinny Why would you want to casually go to other planets in our solar system? I understand why from a science and exploration perspective, but once it’s “casual,” then it’s just a bunch of cold, inhospitable places to go, look out a window, then make the long trip home.
@tinamarie1974 @UncleVinny
I just rewatched that movie. The books are good too.
/image thgttg
@Limewater @UncleVinny
There could be settlements, maybe with malls and duty free shops.
/image total recall Mars
@eonfifty @Limewater @UncleVinny oh, sign me up for duty free shopping!
I was really bummed when the news recently covered that scientific article that life (all) will be wiped out on Earth ~2050. I had really had my sights set on a minimum of 100 (I’d only be early 80’s).
If per your rules I pretty much feel 10 years younger than now for 200-300 of those, the long life is for me. I like the idea of space travel (again allowing for your rule that the whole solar system is a week away, and I’m traveling maybe not as posh as Jennifer Lawrence in Passengers but not as bad as Chris Pratt in his first 2 years of the film) but having time here would be my preference.
Given my propensity for motion sickness here on Earth, I doubt that I could survive zero-g, so I’ll go with the long lifespan.
@macromeh You can’t throw up in space, since there is no up.
I always have to be a pain in the butt and refuse to answer without more information.
@DrWorm
@DrWorm @eonfifty So birth to high school graduation would be about 72 years?
This parent says “no thank you.”
@DrWorm @Limewater
You can have some leeway at the youthful and elderly ends of the lifespan. Maybe your aging during the first 20 years of your life is normal, and the same with the last 20 years.
Neither would be much good without the other, IMO.
@DennisG2014
Causal space travel means you can go anywhere in the solar system within a week on a spaceship version of a large, modern airliner, if that changes your opinion.
@eonfifty I refuse to accept that premise, so it does not change my opinion.
If any sciency, mathy folks want to help a brother out - how fast would one have to be traveling to reach Pluto (e.g.) in a week?
Maybe it’s more realistic than I assume.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Anyway, if you really want me to play by the rules… I think being stuck on Earth for 400 years would get boring as hell, so I’ll take the space travel.
@DennisG2014 Criminy - I wouldn’t worry about how long it takes to get to Pluto. We’ll just use the starship enterprise. If you are really in a hurry use the tele-transporter.
(We might as well go for broke - Right?)
Space travel, if we could get close to light speed (with the inherent time-dilation). I could take a month-long vacation in space, then return to Earth and visit the graves of all of the friends who chose to live 400 years.
Besides, if I chose a long life, it would just be my luck to die at 85 because I was run over by someone heading to the spaceport.
The long lifespan. I love being here, for all the best and the worst life has to offer. I want that much more time with my husband and I want that much more time with my boys. Although changing diapers for twenty years would suck ass. I guess I would like it more if I was the only one on that time frame. Getting to watch my people go through their lives would be good. So much so that I don’t mind outliving them, if they got to live through nice long lives.