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Offline Questor

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Astronomy and space travel?
« on: October 24, 2009, 05:18:50 AM »
I never could get interested in space. Am much more interested in the oceans and the wilderness. Maybe it's because you can't hunt or fish in space. Have you found pleasure in examining space?

Target shooting could be kind of interesting, no wind to worry about. Or earthly trajectory issues.
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Re: Astronomy and space travel?
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2009, 07:52:50 AM »
What would we hunt Klingons, Furenga, or Tribbles?  Of course we would have to have a Vulcan guide.
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Re: Astronomy and space travel?
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2009, 08:24:45 AM »
i took several college classes relating to space and astronomy.
 i was actually more interested in this topic, until i took the classes and learned more about the vast emptiness of space.
 geology of planets is interesting, but not nearly so the geology of earth. the oceans , mountain ranges and the wilderness holds so much more to be interested about then something we will or can not ever experience like space.
what we have right here on earth is so much more important to us, for us to experience and take stewardship of, then the nothing of space.
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Re: Astronomy and space travel?
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2009, 09:22:21 AM »
I have no doubt, someday Star Trek type travels will take place.  But it is a long, long way off.  I doubt our Children, or Grandchildren, will ever see it.
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Re: Astronomy and space travel?
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2009, 10:37:36 AM »
Not to be a wet blanket, my only fear is that man will screw up space as he has done on earth, but it is the ultimate frontier. I wonder if they would let me take my .45-70?  :)


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Re: Astronomy and space travel?
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2009, 10:03:24 PM »
I have been a Sci-Fi nut all my life ;D. All I would need would be the offer to go to space and I would be there before they finished makeing the offer :D.

If off world colonization were possible I'd be first in line. As long as I could take my guns and the basics to live with I would love it. Would be just like the 1800's. Everyone tells me I was born a 100yrs to late. I shoulda been a old west pioneer.

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Re: Astronomy and space travel?
« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2009, 07:33:44 AM »
I'm actually a big time astronomy nut.  Space travel and NASA I support, but I'm not really as interested in because of how limited we are currently (and likely will be for my entire life time).

However, string theory, star formation and life spans, galaxies, black holes and just about any other astronomical entities have always interested me.  The vast size of the universe basically shows how insignificant and small our little corner of the cosmos is, and I really like seeing things from the bigger picture.

There's something magical in the old Carl Sagan quote, being that since we are part of the universe "We are a way for the universe to know itself.".

Before eventually settling on Computer Science, I originally intended to major in Astronomy when I went to college, but that job market is pretty tough, so I ended up settling on computers and resigning myself to amateur study :).
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