The Ultimate One Way Ticket

['79 Magnum GT]

LOL when they arrive they will find Capt. Kirk there to greet them!

He'll probably still be alive too!

Rick

 

[Phenix]

Lotsa toilet paper!!! You'll really need that.

Rick

I’m thinking muslims have not been the only ones to wipe their behinds with their left hand only.

 

[Kinman]

I am a fan of Dr. Tyson, he was talking about Musk's effort to land on Mars. He broke it down into the difficulty of success, the possibility of loss of life, and expenditure in terms of billions of dollars. He said "That would be a fifteen minute conversation." Mike drop...I completely agree and wonder what that effort and expenditure could accomplish if spent and dedicated to making our Earth more habitable. I do understand that some believe mankind will use this planet up and therefore need to expand out into the cosmos, it just seems shortsighted in my opinion.
The moon race was all about the fear of someone else getting there before we do, when there was an actual space race going on and we don't know for sure what the Chinese are doing on the dark side of the moon. There is so much we could do here and so much we don't know about here

 

[lihpster]

Barring a major reset by nature such as a extremely deadly pandemic, or a big rock from space or the like, our population will outstrip our ability to grow food. Without more land to plant crops, hunger rules the day. That's if there's enough water to keep people hydrated as well as plants. It's simple math. And it's unavoidable.

 

[johngalt]

Won't happen while we are $37T in the hole and digging deeper.

 

[Golddollar]

One of the advantages of being wealthy, or at least pretty financially secure was that you ate better, had a warmer house to live in during the winter, and a little more sanitary living conditions. Lots of the things that promote longevity.
Even though lifespans were, on average, significantly shorter than now, it was not that unusual for the better-off to live into their 60’s and 70’s.
The appalling infant and younger child mortality rates brought the overall averages down a lot. A woman giving birth to 5 kids would reasonably expect only 3 or less to make it to adulthood.
As much as I think it would be neat to be able to transport back in time 2, 3, 6 hundred years ago for a few days to experience what society was like, I’m afraid I would be so disgusted with the stench and general unsanitary conditions of the people, food, eating utensils, plates, and bowls that I would be done in about 24 hours.

I have some life experience that might have a bearing on this. Around 50 years ago I had a summer job with the township road department. Part of my duties were to help with maintenance of an old cemetery that had Revolutionary War veterans buried there (just to establish a historical reference). Out of curiosity I looked at the inscriptions on the tombstones. I noticed that there were family groups that were buried together, and sometimes had small tombstones for young children who had died within weeks of each other. Perhaps there was an epidemic going on at the time. There were a lot of graves of people who died in their 70s and 80s. What was striking was the apparent lack of people who died in what we would consider middle age. So according to my somewhat unscientific survey, it seemed that if you were born and made it to around age 15, you had a pretty good chance of making it to 70 or 80.

 

[Phenix]

I have some life experience that might have a bearing on this. Around 50 years ago I had a summer job with the township road department. Part of my duties were to help with maintenance of an old cemetery that had Revolutionary War veterans buried there (just to establish a historical reference). Out of curiosity I looked at the inscriptions on the tombstones. I noticed that there were family groups that were buried together, and sometimes had small tombstones for young children who had died within weeks of each other. Perhaps there was an epidemic going on at the time. There were a lot of graves of people who died in their 70s and 80s. What was striking was the apparent lack of people who died in what we would consider middle age. So according to my somewhat unscientific survey, it seemed that if you were born and made it to around age 15, you had a pretty good chance of making it to 70 or 80.

That was very true.
I too am an old tombstone reader.
Ever notice that prior to about 1925 almost all deaths were in the wintertime?
Infant deaths were so common in the 1700’s that little girl’s toy doll accessories often included little coffins, I have read.
I have also seen several instances of a very young woman buried next to her infant, with death on the same day or only a few days apart. Sad.

 

[Golddollar]

That was very true.
I too am an old tombstone reader.
Ever notice that prior to about 1925 almost all deaths were in the wintertime?

Wow, I hadn't thought of that. I'm going up to a class reunion where that old cemetery is located. I'll have to stop there and get some pictures and check that out.

 

[venomballistics]

a self sustaining ship that'll last for generations .... If it's not an Egyptian pyramid or stonehenge, they aint making it out of telescope range