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Writer's Block: Star Trek
Feb. 23rd, 2012 05:57 pm[Error: unknown template qotd]
I'd actually like to go beyond our solar system, and even beyond the galaxy. However, if I'm going to be confined the solar system I'd like to visit the following places: the moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto just to name a few. When I was in kindergarten I thought I was going to be the first person to land on Pluto, or maybe stand on an ice chunk in Saturn's rings. Obviously I didn't have a grasp of just how far away those places are.
I really thought (and still think) that being an astronaut and going into space would be the coolest thing ever. I was not meant to be an astronaut though. I'm not all that interested in math or science. I'm also just not good at math. However I've heard rumors about space tourism, and I used to hope someday I might still get into space. Unfortunately I got proof that it was not meant to be. The proof came from a ride in Disney World that opened in 2003 called Mission Space. I was in Disney World within a year or two of it opening, and I was extremely excited to try the ride. Real astronauts had ridden it and said it was "pretty realistic". I got on the ride and started feeling sick a little ways into it. By the end I felt horrible. I had to sit down when I exited, and my mom told me I looked green. I know I have a sensitive stomach, and I'm prone to sea sickness, but it honestly never occurred to me that going into space (or simulating it) would make me that sick. I was very disappointed and let down. As I said, this was actual proof that me going into space is not a good idea. I'd still like to get to the moon, Mars, or even just into orbit as a "space tourist". But it's not in the cards.
I'd actually like to go beyond our solar system, and even beyond the galaxy. However, if I'm going to be confined the solar system I'd like to visit the following places: the moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto just to name a few. When I was in kindergarten I thought I was going to be the first person to land on Pluto, or maybe stand on an ice chunk in Saturn's rings. Obviously I didn't have a grasp of just how far away those places are.
I really thought (and still think) that being an astronaut and going into space would be the coolest thing ever. I was not meant to be an astronaut though. I'm not all that interested in math or science. I'm also just not good at math. However I've heard rumors about space tourism, and I used to hope someday I might still get into space. Unfortunately I got proof that it was not meant to be. The proof came from a ride in Disney World that opened in 2003 called Mission Space. I was in Disney World within a year or two of it opening, and I was extremely excited to try the ride. Real astronauts had ridden it and said it was "pretty realistic". I got on the ride and started feeling sick a little ways into it. By the end I felt horrible. I had to sit down when I exited, and my mom told me I looked green. I know I have a sensitive stomach, and I'm prone to sea sickness, but it honestly never occurred to me that going into space (or simulating it) would make me that sick. I was very disappointed and let down. As I said, this was actual proof that me going into space is not a good idea. I'd still like to get to the moon, Mars, or even just into orbit as a "space tourist". But it's not in the cards.
