The Ultimate One Way Ticket

[dockmurgw]

I would give anything to pick the 1000 people that get the one-way trip.

MSN

 

[ameridaddy]

I would give anything to pick the 1000 people that get the one-way trip.

MSN

Run for the office of "King For A Month" and if you win, we'll run an auction for firing squad volunteers.

 

[SMSgt]

You're gonna need a bigger ship.

 

[Rudi]

Say bye bye you jerks!

 

[65-2x2]

There would be a long waiting list to get a "ticket." Personally, I don't think that we should be considering interstellar travel until we have learned to take care of our home planet. If there was intellgent life at the destination, they would tell us to go back to where we came from. 500 years just shot to hell.

 

[bigggbbruce]

No thanks. I like to go out for a drive.

 

[Grayfox]

I've always believed that sooner or later for whatever reason the survival of the human race will require that we leave Earth and spread out among the stars. It may not happen for centuries yet, but it will happen.
This is why I support space exploration now. Because when the time comes, it sure would be helpful to have someplace to go and the means to get there.

 

[greenwellg]

My first ancestor to come to the USA (before it was the USA) was put on a ship to America at the age of 9 (alone) by his Parents in 1634. He was an indentured servant and worked until the age of 21. Lived 11 years after his indenture ended and had one male child. Died at 32. The child lived to 70 and had 12 children. This thread reminded me of that event 391 years ago. The head of the expedition was Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore. They were Catholics fleeing the persecution of the rulers of England.

 

[lihpster]

So, you would have people who have never lived on a planet, arriving at a strange planet that they have very little knowledge of, and attempt to colonize it. Interesting concept for a novel, or a movie, but not the type of exploration I personally would want to be involved in. Not to mention 1000 people living in close quarters for 250 years. I see factions springing up, power struggles and maybe even war. Imagine war on a ship in space. Imagine what form of government, or lack thereof, would emerge on the other end. Because it's still human beings, after all, and I don't think the mother of all car trips is going to make us better.