• Question: if you had the money would you go into space or tavell to any planet? if so what planet would it be?

    Asked by conorduguid to Joel, Kristian, Tim, Venus, Zachary on 19 Nov 2013.
    • Photo: Tim Hollowood

      Tim Hollowood answered on 19 Nov 2013:

      Nice question. I think it would have to be one of the gas giants…in fact I would love to go see Saturn. It’s got the lot: interesting moons and then of course the famous rings. It would be amazing to see the rings up close. They are made up of billions of pieces of rock.

    • Photo: Kristian Harder

      Kristian Harder answered on 19 Nov 2013:

      It’s probably not just a question of money, but also one of technology – especially if you want to go further away from Earth than some lowly orbit around it. 🙂 And yes, I’d be interested in space travel, but only if it’s safe. I don’t want to risk my life for it. At least not more than on regular British B roads. 🙂
      And actually I might not even be going *that* far. I’d be most interested in standing on the moon. It’s so completely different from Earth: no atmosphere, much lower gravity, all grey. And yet, Earth is close enough that you can see it in a lot of detail from the moon. I think this would be a very dramatic moment: see how small and fragile our own planet is, while standing on its “partner rock” that ended up so very different. You can even see Russia from there, probably even better than from Alaska. 🙂
      (And for the record, yes, you were asking about other *planets*, and the moon is “just” a moon, but some people say that because the moon is so big, Earth and Moon should actually be considered a double planet system, and not a planet with a moon. 🙂 )

    • Photo: Zachary Williamson

      Zachary Williamson answered on 20 Nov 2013:

      If I had the money I absolutely would travel into space! As for which planet I’d visit, I answered that in another question: would you mind terribly if I pasted that response?

      I’d love to visit Europa. Ok, so it’s a moon, but it’s a moon of Jupiter. So I’d visit Jupiter and then take a short hop to Europa!

      It’s a moon whose surface is covered in ice. Underneath that ice are vast amounts of liquid water. We have good reasons to suspect that there’s life in that vast Europan ocean and I would love to find out.

      Also, visiting Jupiter would be such an awe-inspiring experience. To be close to such tumult and chaos would be incredible. I’m sure I could happily spend years in orbit around Jupiter, just watching the planet turn.

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