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wade-w · 02-03-2003, 09:28 PM

You wouldn't have to ask me twice. Even if the risk was much higher, I'd go in a heartbeat.

Ronin · 02-03-2003, 11:04 PM

Well, I couldn't technically be a part of the crew because I'm too much of a dumbass...but, I'd go as a lab experiment or something (has anyone fornicated in space yet?)

A dream of mine has always been to travel faster than a speeding bullet...just don't let me anywhere near any of those nifty blinky buttons.

~ sign me up!

lunachick · 02-04-2003, 12:02 AM

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Originally posted by Ronin
(has anyone fornicated in space yet?)

I'll go on the same spaceflight as him.

ju'iblex · 02-04-2003, 12:17 AM

i had to think about it, but i would probably go. And i wouldnt expect anyone to mourn for me if i did turn into a shooting star.

<and yes, people have already fornicated in space.

>

Ronin · 02-04-2003, 12:28 AM

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i had to think about it, but i would probably go. And i wouldnt expect anyone to mourn for me if i did turn into a shooting star.

Too bad, blex, I would ~ and then I would raise my glass and down a Guinness as I watched you shine across the sky.

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and yes, people have already fornicated in space.

Damn!

Ronin style?

BigBlue2 · 02-04-2003, 12:36 AM

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Originally posted by MilitantModerate
Would you risk a 1-2% chance of dying to see Earth orbit, or better yet walk on the Moon or Mars?

Bloody oath, I would. A 1-2% chance is minuscule. When do I go?

ju'iblex · 02-04-2003, 12:37 AM

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Originally posted by Ronin
Too bad, blex, I would ~ and then I would raise my glass and down a Guinness as I watched you shine across the sky.

aw thanks, now thats how i want to be remembered... with lots of celebratory alcohol.

or, alternately, i want to be the little known hermit, only known for her extreme wealth and evil demeanour.

both would bring me much satisfaction <if i werent screaming and burning at the time, or already dead>

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Ronin style?

do i want to know what ronin style is? do i want to know what the astronauts style was? i think this is one area i should leave alone...

crocodile deathroll · 02-04-2003, 02:05 AM

Yes I would risk it as the act of being born guaranteed a 100% fatality rate anywhere and lets face it we are all going to die some day and those astronauts have had a much more painless death than most of us will have. They may of lived on an died an agonizing death after a long drawn out illness in a hospital bed.

But since I cannot observe my own death I may instead make a gestalt switch to a reality that did not have those fatal consequences only to land an discover that the shuttle had more tiles than usual missing in its left wing and heave a sigh of relief and say "phew! that was lucky"

Bialar Crais · 02-04-2003, 03:03 AM

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Originally posted by oriecat
Absolutely. You tell me I can go into space and I am there, asking when. Can I go now? Can I go now? Can I go now?

Can't put it better than this.

Hell yes, I'd go.

Puck · 02-04-2003, 04:06 AM

A 1-2% chance of failure? Yeah, I'd take it in a heart beat. Be scared shitless, but the view would be worth it, no?

I wonder how we would have voted given percentages rising in increments?

20-40, 40-50, etc? I think 25-30% chance of failure would be my cut off.

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02-04-2003, 02:05 AM	#18
crocodile deathroll Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Darwin Posts: 1,466	Testing my "quantum immortality theory" Yes I would risk it as the act of being born guaranteed a 100% fatality rate anywhere and lets face it we are all going to die some day and those astronauts have had a much more painless death than most of us will have. They may of lived on an died an agonizing death after a long drawn out illness in a hospital bed. But since I cannot observe my own death I may instead make a gestalt switch to a reality that did not have those fatal consequences only to land an discover that the shuttle had more tiles than usual missing in its left wing and heave a sigh of relief and say "phew! that was lucky"

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02-03-2003, 09:28 PM	#11
wade-w Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Silver City, New Mexico Posts: 1,872	You wouldn't have to ask me twice. Even if the risk was much higher, I'd go in a heartbeat.

02-03-2003, 11:04 PM	#12
Ronin Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Mississippi Posts: 5,047	Well, I couldn't technically be a part of the crew because I'm too much of a dumbass...but, I'd go as a lab experiment or something (has anyone fornicated in space yet?) A dream of mine has always been to travel faster than a speeding bullet...just don't let me anywhere near any of those nifty blinky buttons. ~ sign me up!

02-04-2003, 12:17 AM	#14
ju'iblex Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Sydney Australia and beyond the realms of Gehenna Posts: 6,035	i had to think about it, but i would probably go. And i wouldnt expect anyone to mourn for me if i did turn into a shooting star. <and yes, people have already fornicated in space. >

02-04-2003, 04:06 AM	#20
Puck Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: A middle aged body. Posts: 3,459	A 1-2% chance of failure? Yeah, I'd take it in a heart beat. Be scared shitless, but the view would be worth it, no? I wonder how we would have voted given percentages rising in increments? 20-40, 40-50, etc? I think 25-30% chance of failure would be my cut off.

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