Virgin Rocket Ship Crash

Original post by Toy Soldiers

There are over 7 billion people in the world, and being one of them to have the opportunity to go into space, I'd definitely do it. There are always the risks, but at the end, you'd make history.

In the event of tourism, probably only as a terrorist :tongue:

Reply 82

Original post by Queen Cersei

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-29861259

I don't feel like the Virgin Galatic exploding is a particularly good sign for space tourism. Personally I wouldn't even want to go into space (mainly because I suffer from hideous travel sickness and watched Gravity the other day).

How does everyone else feel about space tourism? Would you want to go into space?

I would but not in the beginning. Why? Because only after lots of trials have been done, the likelihood of a crash will decrease. It is like places. In the beginning it had "lots" of crashes and lots of people died in the "trials", so now I can get in a place knowing that the likelihood of a crash is relatively low. I would definitely not have boarded a plane in the beginning for that reason. It's like a pharmaceutical drug. It needs to be tested lots of times. I am no guinea pig. Let the trials begin. :colone:

Reply 83

Original post by Andy98

Still an experience.

An experience that will cost you your life. And a horrible death. But oh well, someone has to be the first. :colone:

Reply 84

Original post by Juichiro

An experience that will cost you your life. And a horrible death. But oh well, someone has to be the first. :colone:

stepping out the front door is an experience that could cost you your life, as is breathing. Doesn't stop you.

Reply 85

Original post by Maid Marian

I want to keep my tootsies firmly planted on earth :sadnod:

I'm very against space travel.

I, Lord Marian will stay on Earth with Maid Marian. :colondollar:

Everybody will go and the Earth will be repopulated with the Marian lineage. AdamEve-style. :cool:

Bye humans. Long life to the Mar(t)ians!

Reply 86

Maid Marian

Original post by Juichiro

I, Lord Marian will stay on Earth with Maid Marian. :colondollar:

Everybody will go and the Earth will be repopulated with the Marian lineage. AdamEve-style. :cool:

Bye humans. Long life to the Mar(t)ians!

Oh, um, t-t-that's rather bold of you, sir!

Reply 87

Original post by Jammy Duel

stepping out the front door is an experience that could cost you your life, as is breathing. Doesn't stop you.

Could is the keyword. The probability of me dying by stepping out of the front door in a non-poor area of a developed nation is far lower than the probability of you dying in a travel to the space in a mass-transport spacecraft that has not been tested enough.

Reply 88

Original post by Maid Marian

Oh, um, t-t-that's rather bold of you, sir!

Is it?

I am but a humble lord striving to keep its lineage from vanishing, milady. :colondollar:

Reply 89

Maid Marian

Original post by Juichiro

Is it?

I am but a humble lord striving to keep its lineage from vanishing, milady. :colondollar:

But .. I don't even know you and you're asking me to breed with you! :eek:

Reply 90

Andy98

Original post by Maid Marian

But .. I don't even know you and you're asking me to breed with you! :eek:

It's OK Maz :hugs:

I'll protect you

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Reply 91

Original post by Juichiro

Could is the keyword. The probability of me dying by stepping out of the front door in a non-poor area of a developed nation is far lower than the probability of you dying in a travel to the space in a mass-transport spacecraft that has not been tested enough.

When is something tested enough? There is no such thing as "tested too much" from a safety standpoint, ergo nothing has ever been tested enough.

Reply 92

Original post by Maid Marian

But .. I don't even know you and you're asking me to breed with you! :eek:

What is it that you need to know? You know my family name. The same as yours. With all the noble values associated with our family name. You know that as a lord carrying my, your, our family name, I desire nothing but keeping our family name alive. It's not about me, milady. After all, before long I'll be dead, and you and all of your children, all of us dead, all of us rotting in the ground. It's the family name that lives on. That's all that lives on. Not your personal glory, not your honor... but family. That is why I ask you to stand proudly for your family name and what it represents. We shall keep alive the values of our noble family name. :cool:

Reply 93

Maid Marian

Original post by Juichiro

What is it that you need to know? You know my family name. The same as yours. With all the noble values associated with our family name. You know that as a lord carrying my, your, our family name, I desire nothing but keeping our family name alive. It's not about me, milady. After all, before long I'll be dead, and you and all of your children, all of us dead, all of us rotting in the ground. It's the family name that lives on. That's all that lives on. Not your personal glory, not your honor... but family. That is why I ask you to stand proudly for your family name and what it represents. We shall keep alive the values of our noble family name. :cool:

Can I have Plantagenet Crown instead? :redface:

Reply 94

Original post by Jammy Duel

When is something tested enough? There is no such thing as "tested too much" from a safety standpoint, ergo nothing has ever been tested enough.

By tested enough, I mean that the likelihood of an air plane crash fall to 10% or below. Especially in space. If you crash in the ocean, you have some tiny chance of getting rescued. If you crash in space, you won't make it.

Reply 95

Original post by Juichiro

By tested enough, I mean that the likelihood of an air plane crash fall to 10% or below. Especially in space. If you crash in the ocean, you have some tiny chance of getting rescued. If you crash in space, you won't make it.

The current safety record based on the tests is well over 90%, the overall safety record of modern rocket launches is in excess of 95%

Reply 96

Original post by Maid Marian

Can I have Plantagenet Crown instead? :redface:

You shall have whatever you wish, milady. Because as Lady Marian, Queen of Earth, everything and everyone in this planet will be yours to do as you wish.

Long life to Lady Marian! :biggrin:

Reply 97

Original post by juichiro

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get a room!

Reply 98

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