Space Flight

[Xrain]

As many of you I'm sure have heard, the last space shuttle has launched today. (Much to my dismay as I was going to go fly to Florida to watch it if it launched on Sat/Sun/Mon)

This is an odd thing, because... well we really don't have a unified plan for its replacement.


I could go on for quite a while on how I feel about space exploration, what we should do, and where we should go next.


But first I would like to hear your guys' opinion first.

-How do you feel about the idea of not having any "large" human rated launch vehicles on the planet at this time?
-What do you think our next step should be?
-Does the idea of space travel even hold your interest any more?

Feel free to add anything else you want to add related to space travel.

[Cake Faice]

-Does the idea of space travel even hold your interest any more?

It still does for me. There has to be other life out there in the universe, and I really want us to discover it.

[ursus]

To be honest, discovering that there was microbial life on Mars over 9000 aeons ago won't help us find more habitable planets.

As far as space EXPLORATION goes, I think the most relevant concern should either be finding planets that can support human life, or developing some method of terraforming to alter a planet's atmosphere/climate.

And FTL travel wouldn't be half bad either.

/endersgamefanboy

[Rocket50]

We, as the general human race, should really pour more funding into space exploration and, ofc, terraforming.

The more planets the human race colonizes, the same way goes our chances of survival as a species.

[Juan_Ambriz]

As many of you I'm sure have heard, the last space shuttle has launched today. (Much to my dismay as I was going to go fly to Florida to watch it if it launched on Sat/Sun/Mon)

This is an odd thing, because... well we really don't have a unified plan for its replacement.


I could go on for quite a while on how I feel about space exploration, what we should do, and where we should go next.


But first I would like to hear your guys' opinion first.

-What do you think our next step should be?
-Does the idea of space travel even hold your interest any more?

Feel free to add anything else you want to add related to space travel.

I think we should find a different life form, there HAS to be another life form, if so i hope they are not hostile...
Space travel has interested me since i was 4 i got a bigass Telescope and wished that i could travel to Mars, or the Moon...

Edit

We, as the general human race, should really pour more funding into space exploration and, ofc, terraforming.

The more planets the human race colonizes, the same way goes our chances of survival as a species.

This..... since people say the world is going to end sometime, we have to colonize another planet. then we will all be safe :3.... How we would go bac and forth between planets... not sure...

[Tomcat]

As many of you I'm sure have heard, the last space shuttle has launched today. (Much to my dismay as I was going to go fly to Florida to watch it if it launched on Sat/Sun/Mon)

This is an odd thing, because... well we really don't have a unified plan for its replacement.


I could go on for quite a while on how I feel about space exploration, what we should do, and where we should go next.


But first I would like to hear your guys' opinion first.

-How do you feel about the idea of not having any "large" human rated launch vehicles on the planet at this time?
-What do you think our next step should be?
-Does the idea of space travel even hold your interest any more?

Feel free to add anything else you want to add related to space travel.

Ivan the torquer is going to have to work hard

we are ordering some Russian spacecraft

[Rocket50]

I think we should find a different life form, there HAS to be another life form, if so i hope they are not hostile...
Space travel has interested me since i was 4 i got a bigass Telescope and wished that i could travel to Mars, or the Moon...

tbh, finding other lifeform isn't all that beneficial... Sure it might help in the bioengineering department, but we kind of have bigger problems. Namely, global fucking warming .-.

[Hotgreensoldier]

Please move to bin...Shouldn't browse the forum when you're half awake. Sorry guys.

[Rocket50]

Truthfully, I don't like the human species, they are an abomination who destroy everything in it's path, I'm not saying everybody is like that, but most of us are. We are, how you would say, smart, but dumb at the same time. We lack the intelligence to realize we are destroying ourselves (I.E. Wars) but are smart enough to create advanced technology that we can bend to our whim. It's a bit weird IMO.

Misanthrope you say

[Cake Faice]

Truthfully, I don't like the human species, they are an abomination who destroy everything in it's path, I'm not saying everybody is like that, but most of us are. We are, how you would say, smart, but dumb at the same time. We lack the intelligence to realize we are destroying ourselves (I.E. Wars) but are smart enough to create advanced technology that we can bend to our whim. It's a bit weird IMO.

You might wanna be happy that you're human, be cause you could have been born a fly or a dog or a Dinosaur or something....

[Hotgreensoldier]

Misanthrope you say

I don't dislike others, I just don't like how a lot of them are so ignorant and are complete retards.

Pretty much, I just hate the retards who like to start wars, hurt/abuse other living things, are greedy, are completely idiots and just like to see others in pain. (Yes, this does include the occasional troll)

Pretty much, a lot of us are like that one war or another and it just gives you the idea that everyone is like that. I know that's not true but it just doesn't get off my mind. -_-

You might wanna be happy that you're human, be cause you could have been born a fly or a dog or a Dinosaur or something....

I'm not saying I don't want to be a human, I'm just saying that I wish we were less ignorant ;_;

P.S. that pic bugged the shit outa me...Don't know why O_o

[Carp]

Truthfully, I don't like the human species, they are an abomination who destroy everything in it's path, I'm not saying everybody is like that, but most of us are. We are, how you would say, smart, but dumb at the same time. We lack the intelligence to realize we are destroying ourselves (I.E. Wars) but are smart enough to create advanced technology that we can bend to our whim. It's a bit weird IMO.

the thing is...what are you comparing the human race to? Also there are only a select few human beings that are smart enough to create that technology,  not all humans can create advanced technology only the select smart ones.

[Supertoaster]

They wanna go to the moon again, Why again? We need to move on and go to places like Mars. I'd prefer Venus but, ya dat thick atmosphere.

I'd imagine standing on Venus assuming I wasn't being crushed would be like looking underwater.

[Hotgreensoldier]

the thing is...what are you comparing the human race to? Also there are only a select few human beings that are smart enough to create that technology,  not all humans can create advanced technology only the select smart ones.

Sorry, I'm really sleepy right now, it's about midnight and I just slept about 5 hours yesterday. Please disregard everything I've posted...

Also, you're right, only a select few of them are smart enough to create advanced technology. I need to stop this before the thread gets derailed...ANYWAYS

(1st) - It feels as though we aren't making any progress atm to explore space and find life-suitable planets, as we are usually trying our best to come up with ways to travel to other planets, etc, etc.

(2nd) - I think our next step should be attempting to develop a new type of spaceship in which would allow us to travel fast and far enough to reach other galaxies and find new planets.

(3rd) - Honestly, it doesn't really intrigue me at this moment, there is a lot of things going on and I'm not exactly paying the most attention to things like that.

I'd imagine standing on Venus assuming I wasn't being crushed would be like looking underwater.

That....Would actually be interesting.

[cogsandspigots]

Well, for all of you who want to progress in space exploration (that includes me), too bad. Obama and Congress cut off almost all funding to NASA and a huge portion of NASA's employees will be laid off.

I guess there are still the cosmonauts, maybe...