if you had the chance to go into outer space, would you take it?

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like a 'space tourist' situation - no need for training or conditioning beyond the very basics, wouldn't have to do anything once you're up there but float around and check out space

Poll Results

OptionVotes
yes 76
no 23


congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 17:34 (sixteen years ago)

fuck space

cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 17:36 (sixteen years ago)

no, i would find it too scary. I'm scared of flying, although I still fly despite this, so being in a rocket that's taking off would be terror central for me.

Blackout Crew are the Beatles of donk (jim), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 17:36 (sixteen years ago)

no i would not, why because of http://www.gamebooks.org/gallery/cyoa071.jpg

Ømår Littel (Jordan), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 17:39 (sixteen years ago)

oh hell yes of course i would

doo WOP doo (jergins), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 17:41 (sixteen years ago)

i really think it would be a boring place to go and would take too long, so no

goaty (harbl), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 17:42 (sixteen years ago)

i hear its the place

Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 17:42 (sixteen years ago)

i think i might go. it would probably change my life, you know perspective and all that bulshit

Surmounter, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 17:42 (sixteen years ago)

but i would miss my studio and my loved ones

Surmounter, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 17:43 (sixteen years ago)

Results 1 - 10 of about 95,200,000 for has anyone ever had sex in space.

Euler, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 17:43 (sixteen years ago)

i would miss gravity and air

goaty (harbl), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 17:43 (sixteen years ago)

if you had the chance to go into outer space, would you take it?

like a 'space tourist' situation - no need for training or conditioning beyond—http://hbmortgageoracle.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/challenger-explosion.jpg

Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 17:43 (sixteen years ago)

I'M LIZZING

fight the real NME (Curt1s Stephens), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 17:44 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.geocities.com/robo7070/kubrik/images/2001-stargate2.jpg

"My God, it's full of SPACE VAMPIRES!"

OK, fine, yes, I Goggled it (Pancakes Hackman), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 17:44 (sixteen years ago)

This seems like the kind of question where you are obligated to say yes, because you would be a fool to turn down such an opportunity, even if you weren't keen on it.

Like, "if someone gave you a $1000 cookie, would you eat it?" Even if you don't like cookies, when's the next time you'll get a chance to eat a $1000 cookie?

If you haven't read it, one of the endings to that space vampire book is you yourself become a space vampire, and from the book's description, it's pretty rad.

Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 17:45 (sixteen years ago)

THANKS FOR THE SPOILERS ASSHOLE

Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 17:45 (sixteen years ago)

i don't feel obligated to say yes, i think it would actually be stupid to go

goaty (harbl), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 17:46 (sixteen years ago)

you're stupid

Mr. Que, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 17:47 (sixteen years ago)

have you thought of that

Mr. Que, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 17:47 (sixteen years ago)

space is awesome--i would go

Mr. Que, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 17:47 (sixteen years ago)

WHY though, there's nothing there. it's space.

goaty (harbl), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 17:47 (sixteen years ago)

planets
stars
space octopuses
your anus

Mr. Que, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 17:48 (sixteen years ago)

I would probably take the $1000 cookie over space. I really like cookies tho.

iatee, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 17:49 (sixteen years ago)

I tricked you. The $1000 cookie is actually space.

Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 17:50 (sixteen years ago)

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mpBGa4P5jUo/RieceIqN-5I/AAAAAAAAARE/59xeCt4qEPQ/s400/space1999lunchbox2.jpg

L-R: Point, Counterpoint

OK, fine, yes, I Goggled it (Pancakes Hackman), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 17:50 (sixteen years ago)

oh and to spoil the choose your own adventure book more, the way being a vampire was described sounded like being on a roid high.

Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 17:51 (sixteen years ago)

OK, looking at Space Vampires cover, the vampire doesn't need to breathe, so he can be in the open airlock ok, but what's with the kids? Are they vampire kids? And doesn't the background indicate that, technically, the vampire is up and out during the daytime? TOO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.

OK, fine, yes, I Goggled it (Pancakes Hackman), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 17:53 (sixteen years ago)

anyone who says no should just shoot themselves in the face

the most brazen explosion of clitoral lust in folk-metal history (cankles), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 17:54 (sixteen years ago)

:(

goaty (harbl), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 17:55 (sixteen years ago)

(xxpost) according to the Daily Mail, they are feral vampire children committing knife crimes

snoball, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 17:56 (sixteen years ago)

er, and also on a note of realism, wouldn't that vampire be turned into a little pile of ashes by that huge frickin' sun behind him?

snoball, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 17:57 (sixteen years ago)

i was thinking about this last night and my first instinct was "nah, it's dangerous and would probably be really uncomfortable" and then i just told myself to quit being a puss, space is awesome and hardly anyone gets to go there

congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 17:57 (sixteen years ago)

Like, "if someone gave you a $1000 cookie, would you eat it?" Even if you don't like cookies, when's the next time you'll get a chance to eat a $1000 cookie?

but the thought that someone might have invented a $1000 cookie makes me want to shiv a bitch?

horses that are on fire (c sharp major), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 17:57 (sixteen years ago)

i fucking love space - it is awesome and huge and gorgeous and an absolute beautiful mystery - but i would way rather they sent some more complicated probe out there than useless space-tourist me.

horses that are on fire (c sharp major), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 17:58 (sixteen years ago)

n/a inner monologue otm. the outdoors is dangerous too, probably shouldn't leave your apartment.

hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 17:59 (sixteen years ago)

fuck that, i wanna go up there with a brew in one hand and my dick in the other

the most brazen explosion of clitoral lust in folk-metal history (cankles), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 18:00 (sixteen years ago)

space the dopest frontier

the most brazen explosion of clitoral lust in folk-metal history (cankles), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 18:00 (sixteen years ago)

Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 18:01 (sixteen years ago)

well part of why it would suck is you'd have to be wearing a spacesuit--you could not have your dick in your hand even xp

goaty (harbl), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 18:01 (sixteen years ago)

id go if they guaranteed i wouldnt die - the safety record of people is space is right now not that good

ice cr?m, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 18:01 (sixteen years ago)

i'm not that worried about it being dangerous i'd just rather be on earth is all

goaty (harbl), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 18:02 (sixteen years ago)

I would go but I wouldn't pay crazy money unless I had super-crazy money. I also wouldn't go with Russians.

I seldom pass on tea now. (libcrypt), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 18:02 (sixteen years ago)

I posit that the kind of people who would be willing to go to space don't care about death

cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 18:03 (sixteen years ago)

Space travel has a pretty high death rate and just getting up there really stresses your body even if you have a safe trip, so it isn't all beer and skittles. Still, I'd be strongly tempted. Ain't nothing like it on earth.

Aimless, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 18:03 (sixteen years ago)

Fuck yeah. Worth it just to experience a zero-g atmosphere.

too many misters not enough sisters (milo z), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 18:04 (sixteen years ago)

Space accidents, either during operations or training for spaceflights, have killed 22 astronauts (five percent of all people who have been in space, two percent of individual spaceflights), and a much larger number of ground crew.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_accidents_and_incidents

ice cr?m, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 18:04 (sixteen years ago)

you could not have your dick in your hand even xp

...and alcohol is banned in space

snoball, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 18:04 (sixteen years ago)

space vampire was dope. why has no one created online versions of the CYOA books??? i mean what have we been using the internet for all these years?

xxxp

Ømår Littel (Jordan), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 18:04 (sixteen years ago)

how many times has tom hanks died

cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 18:04 (sixteen years ago)

u can go zero g w/o space http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vomit_Comet

ice cr?m, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 18:05 (sixteen years ago)

when the cards are down and the chips are counted who the fuck wants to tbe the guy who says "oh ya, i could've gone to space, ya, for free and with like no hassle, but i said no - looked a bit uncomfortable"

s1ocki, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 13:53 (sixteen years ago)

not me

rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 13:54 (sixteen years ago)

i want to be the guy that says, "royal flush" and takes all the chips

rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 13:54 (sixteen years ago)

because im assuming were at a casino of some kind?

rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 13:54 (sixteen years ago)

everybody who said no should be fired into space imo

Anthony, I am not an Alcoholic & Drunk (darraghmac), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 13:54 (sixteen years ago)

because im assuming were at a casino of some kind?

― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Wednesday, April 1, 2009 1:54 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

maybe we all are; maybe life can be compared to a casino, that's what i'm saying.

s1ocki, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 13:58 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.myexpression.com/SysImages/PartyThemeEvent/HostCasinoNight.jpg

Anthony, I am not an Alcoholic & Drunk (darraghmac), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:03 (sixteen years ago)

well i hope i win

rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:03 (sixteen years ago)

OIC, so the earth is Las Vegas and going into space is like wandering into the desert. You'll be surrounded by nothingness, but your old familiar place will over there in the distance looking all bright and glaring and kitschy. The mob loves it too, cuz no one can hear you scream.

Øystein, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:05 (sixteen years ago)

I posit that the kind of people who would be willing to go to space don't care about death

seems like as good a place to die as any.

Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:06 (sixteen years ago)

would totally wander in a desert, fear of dehydration and heat stroke is holding too many back in our modern lives.

Anthony, I am not an Alcoholic & Drunk (darraghmac), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:06 (sixteen years ago)

well i hope i win

― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Wednesday, April 1, 2009 2:03 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

good attitude :)

s1ocki, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:07 (sixteen years ago)

i think some people have misread this thread title as "if you had the change to go into town on the bus, would you take it?

Ant Attack.. (Ste), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:11 (sixteen years ago)

AWESOME would love to see what my home looked like FROM A BUS

Anthony, I am not an Alcoholic & Drunk (darraghmac), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:13 (sixteen years ago)

change was a type, but somehow it works

Ant Attack.. (Ste), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:17 (sixteen years ago)

type was a typo

Ant Attack.. (Ste), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:17 (sixteen years ago)

I can show you what it would look like FROM AN AMBULANCE if you like. xxp.

turnover is validating, profit is salivating (ledge), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:19 (sixteen years ago)

a SPACE AMBULANCE that is

turnover is validating, profit is salivating (ledge), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:20 (sixteen years ago)

a spambulance

s1ocki, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:22 (sixteen years ago)

have never seen my house from a bus, it's off the bus route.

Anthony, I am not an Alcoholic & Drunk (darraghmac), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:24 (sixteen years ago)

i am already in space always

ice cr?m, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:25 (sixteen years ago)

i have never seen my house from a bus because to ride the bus is to begin the downward spiral which inevitably leads to self loathing space lust

ice cr?m, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:27 (sixteen years ago)

why get your hopes up

s1ocki, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:27 (sixteen years ago)

it's grand for those that have the option

Anthony, I am not an Alcoholic & Drunk (darraghmac), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:28 (sixteen years ago)

sadly if a lonely ilx space nerd and i went in a spaceship to space only i would be able to enjoy it - he so overwhelmed w/anticipation of a transformative experience - his mind racing w/fever dreams of someday meeting a credulous woman he could impress w/his incredible space narrative - he is so agitated when he looks out the space window he sees only his own vibrating neurosis looking back - i feel great pity for this creature as i drink my gin and tang gazing out at our lovely blue planet

ice cr?m, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:42 (sixteen years ago)

what?

turnover is validating, profit is salivating (ledge), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:44 (sixteen years ago)

in space, no-one can hear ice cr?m

turnover is validating, profit is salivating (ledge), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:44 (sixteen years ago)

hey dude try saying the exact same thing another 50 times and maybe people will start agreeing with you

congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:45 (sixteen years ago)

sadly if a lonely ilx space nerd and i went in a spaceship to space only i would be able to enjoy it - he so overwhelmed w/anticipation of a transformative experience - his mind racing w/fever dreams of someday meeting a credulous woman he could impress w/his incredible space narrative - he is so agitated when he looks out the space window he sees only his own vibrating neurosis looking back - i feel great pity for this creature as i drink my gin and tang gazing out at our lovely blue planet

― ice cr?m, Wednesday, April 1, 2009 2:42 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

look who's dreaming up elaborate fantasies about how awesome it would be

s1ocki, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:45 (sixteen years ago)

elaborate fantasies about how awesome space travel would be

vs.

elaborate fantasies about acting all smug and self-aware in space

Mr. Que, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:48 (sixteen years ago)

destroy elaborate fantasies?

call all destroyer, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:49 (sixteen years ago)

i enjoy constructing elaborate fantasies to torment space nerds - they enjoy constructing elaborate fantasies to torment themselves - we are on the same space team

ice cr?m, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:54 (sixteen years ago)

strawspacemen

WmC, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 15:05 (sixteen years ago)

best thread ever btw

This House is a Prison on Planet Bullshit (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 15:43 (sixteen years ago)

very appropriate new handle shakey

s1ocki, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 16:55 (sixteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Thursday, 2 April 2009 23:01 (sixteen years ago)

i wld go into space x100000!!
as long as i could come back
and as long as when i came back the earth isn't overrun by ape men

paragon of incalescence (rrrobyn), Thursday, 2 April 2009 23:24 (sixteen years ago)

but i guess we take our chances

paragon of incalescence (rrrobyn), Thursday, 2 April 2009 23:24 (sixteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Friday, 3 April 2009 23:01 (sixteen years ago)

...and alcohol is banned in space

Not quite true. Russian and Ukranian cosmonauts have routinely brought vodka up to the ISS. NASA is a dry county though.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1d7_1202979451

Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 3 April 2009 23:45 (sixteen years ago)

FWIW, I would go into space x100000 too.

Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 3 April 2009 23:46 (sixteen years ago)

99 votes

s1ocki, Saturday, 4 April 2009 00:56 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.80smusiclyrics.com/images/nena.jpg

Ant Attack.. (Ste), Monday, 6 April 2009 22:54 (sixteen years ago)

If I don't go to space in this lifetime, I will certainly go there after they thaw me out and revive me. 100% yes.

Nate Carson, Tuesday, 7 April 2009 11:28 (sixteen years ago)

dead man spacewalking

estela, Tuesday, 7 April 2009 12:10 (sixteen years ago)

one year passes...

one big step closer to commercial space flight

"Information by surprise" is even legal in Sweden (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 20:26 (fifteen years ago)

one-way ticket, plz

kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 20:30 (fifteen years ago)

Is there an option where I shoot everyone else into space instead?

Tub Girl Time Machine (Phil D.), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 20:42 (fifteen years ago)

four years pass...

Astronaut Scott Kelly breaks American record for days in space

brimstead, Sunday, 18 October 2015 19:35 (ten years ago)


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