Space exploration volunteers wanted (The catch? It's a one-way ticket)Damn tootin' I would go. It would fucking cool to go somewhere off in space and do some exploring, see the shit first-hand and close up.
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The next generation of astronauts may hurtle through the cosmos for years or decades on a mission to explore distant planets and stars – and never return.
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You wouldn't be coming back to tell stories in person, but big deal. What with chats, email, twitter, blogs, journals, blah blah blah - how many people do you 'talk' to each day without seeing them face to face?
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4 comments:
Four words for you: planet of the apes.
Or maybe "Andromeda Strain".
If it was comfortable, like on Star Trek the Next Generation, and I had a nice room and there was a bar, I might do it. But if it's pissing in a baggy and eating stuff out of a toothpaste tube, I pass.
A bar? You want too much.
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