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- May 14, 2019
I think it'd be pretty cool if we had cruise liners in space and national parks and stuff. (There's some TV series now, haven't watched it, set on a solar system cruise liner.)
I've thought about it, and I think that (since the value for unique experiences scales with income), the most realistic way to answer what it's worth to me is in terms of months of salary, for whatever salary I happen to have. I think I'd say maybe three-to-four months salary to get into orbit IF that includes an EVA, like using an MMU. (A cruise ship could easily have a big cage on the outside, transparent, for people to push an MMU around in without any danger of floating off into the void). After that, I'll add three or so months for the Moon, Mars (either surface, or view from surface of a moon), Jupiter (view from moon), and Saturn (w./wo moons, but at least close enough to see rings) each, but there's nothing else I give a shit about up there.
The problem is, I don't think I'd want to spend the time on something like that. It takes so long to move around up there. From what I've heard, the Overview Effect - the feeling of awe at seeing the Earth as a single object - is massive, but I think most people would get very bored of being up there very quickly, even a full day is probably excessive. You start talking about trips to get places that take weeks or months, and in conditions equivalent to a submarine, nope.
I've thought about it, and I think that (since the value for unique experiences scales with income), the most realistic way to answer what it's worth to me is in terms of months of salary, for whatever salary I happen to have. I think I'd say maybe three-to-four months salary to get into orbit IF that includes an EVA, like using an MMU. (A cruise ship could easily have a big cage on the outside, transparent, for people to push an MMU around in without any danger of floating off into the void). After that, I'll add three or so months for the Moon, Mars (either surface, or view from surface of a moon), Jupiter (view from moon), and Saturn (w./wo moons, but at least close enough to see rings) each, but there's nothing else I give a shit about up there.
The problem is, I don't think I'd want to spend the time on something like that. It takes so long to move around up there. From what I've heard, the Overview Effect - the feeling of awe at seeing the Earth as a single object - is massive, but I think most people would get very bored of being up there very quickly, even a full day is probably excessive. You start talking about trips to get places that take weeks or months, and in conditions equivalent to a submarine, nope.
