Would You Move to Space?

garyebickford asks: "Slashdot discussions on the SpaceShipOne flight talked about whether folks would take the flight if offered. It reminded me of a question that used to go around. If you were offered the opportunity to move permanently into space - perhaps an orbital environment, or asteroid (mining?) or another planet, etc. - and you had an 80% chance of living five years, would you take it? What if your chances were 50%?"

Depends

[The Clockwork Troll]

Do they have cable modems in space?

L.A.?

[CyberVenom]

An 80% chance of living 5 years? Isn't that the same as L.A.? Between the freeways, the gangs, and the smog, it sounds about right to me...

Kum-by-ya.

[Anonymous Coward]

"If you were offered the opportunity to move permanently into space - perhaps an orbital environment, or asteroid (mining?) or another planet, etc. - and you had an 80% chance of living five years, would you take it? What if your chances were 50%?""

What if there was peace, love and understanding on the Earth, so we wouldn't feel the pressure to leave?

Re:Costs:Benefits analysis

[Scarblac]

Also, just imagine the view every morning when you wake up. Every. Single. Morning.

There would be no such thing as a "morning" anymore.

Yeah, of course

[rice_web]

But it'd probably get old, just like the Spice Girls. It seems like great fun at first, but you later realize that they really didn't deserve a movie, nor a nation-wide release. But hey, get back to me with the next big thing, like Furby 2.0 and maybe I'll be interested.

the final frontier

[pizza_milkshake]

i hear space is lovely this time of year. low pollution, few politicians, low crime rates and low taxes. as long as no one builds a black hole in my space-town.

but seriously, who wouldn't. even if it sucks, humans are hardwired to explore new places, even if it's dangerous or they're not wanted.

for further reading on human nature see the works of Smith, Agent.

I was nearly an astronaut

[keoghp]

According to my dad, I was nearly an astronaut.
He said if he'd pulled out 2 seconds earlier I would have been shot into space.

Re:Costs:Benefits analysis

[Anonymous Coward]

There's such a thing as morning *now*?

What is this "sunlight" people keep telling me about?

Re:Depends

[thegrassyknowl]

I guess they could run the fibre up the elevator shaft :-p

Re:Slashdot

[Peter Cooper]

No, which is one of the many benefits of leaving Earth :-)

oh yeah?

[emilng]

Think about this:

• Low-G Paintball

Re:for me, before the wife...

[gstoddart]

I'm betting that she was thinking if that was all you'd want in a prenup, she was fine ....

She can lay claim to the house, the car, the money, the kids ....

you can lay claim to any potential space flights which may or may not arise and any start wars action figures you might have brought to the marriage.

Aim big I say. =)