Does anyone want to ever live in space, like Elysium?

[hades_leae]

If you have not seen that movie, it was awesome and involved a beautiful space habitat that everyone on Earth wanted to go live on. It was amazing, the design was beautiful, and when I think about something like that happening in real life I get so excited because I want it to be real.


I feel like it's not going to happen in our life time, as a species we are really not mentally on that level.

 

[Bea]

I've thought about exploring space, but not really living there! I can't help but feel awe and also some fear whenever I think about how vast space is. It's just so frightening to think of what you might find out there. Aliens? Other humans? Who knows, right?

 

[Alex]

Most of us like being at home in our own little bubble. Society can be cruel at the best of times and Utopia can never exist because human nature isn't compatible with it. People always want more, and when they see people get away with things, that's when morals decline and society begins to diminish. It's a sad fact, but that doesn't mean you have lower yourself. I do think there is some hope, but the best way is to avoid those kinds of people who like turmoil and who don't respect others.

 

[bangtanboys]

I didn't see Elysium but I did see Matt Damon's other sci-fi movie, The Martian and its depiction of living in space was less than beautiful. I think what you are describing is a Utopia, and it's a Utopia for a reason. It'll never see anything pass our imaginations, because it's not practical. Personally, I am just fine with living on Earth where creatures and resources can naturally thrive. How can we explore all that is about space when we barely know all there is about our planet? The indefiniteness of space is such a scary prospect, I don't think I'll ever want to set foot there.

 

[hades_leae]

I didn't see Elysium but I did see Matt Damon's other sci-fi movie, The Martian and its depiction of living in space was less than beautiful. I think what you are describing is a Utopia, and it's a Utopia for a reason. It'll never see anything pass our imaginations, because it's not practical. Personally, I am just fine with living on Earth where creatures and resources can naturally thrive. How can we explore all that is about space when we barely know all there is about our planet? The indefiniteness of space is such a scary prospect, I don't think I'll ever want to set foot there.

Well I'm actually talking about a space settlement. I just watched Star Trek Beyond, it was a good example of a space settlement. I believe it was their home, and it was very massive and beautiful. I liked the design, and it was pretty much the same as living on Earth. The only difference was that it was in space.


I watched The Martian, he was on Mars, technology hadn't existed yet for them to actually live in space. Whenever we see movies where people are stranded in space, it has to do with them being on another planet. Gravity with Sandra Bullock wasn't even nothing close to being a space settlement, she was on an assignment and things went wrong.

 

[rootle]

I think our planet is definitely much better than what we could create on another planet. I like the thought of being in space to explore and feel what it's like but ultimately Earth is probably the best place to live. Also considering this is a forum for anxiety sufferers, I expect that a lot of people here would not like the thought of being out of the planet. Just the thought of the number of things that could go wrong is enough to make a regular person feel nervous.