Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Would you like to travel into space?

Seemingly, I’m enticed by traveling into space. But, I’d say NO THANK YOU. Now I’ll talk about why I think so with using two points.

First, traveling into space is too risky. On behalf of engineers, I can definitely emphasize that no one can guarantee its safety. Let's take semiconductor chips as example. Semiconductor chips used in space craft should work under harsh condition – from extremely low temperature to extremely high temp. It's a big challenge to design robust micro chip which works properly. In reality, guaranteed temperature limit is at best from -20 to 100 degree. Temperature outer space could exceed the limit. Electric parts would malfunction at all. I don’t want to become space junk.

Second, I can’t find any sufficient motivation to travel. In my definition, travel is consisted of some factors such as enjoying interpersonal communication with local people, enjoying local food, traditional culture and so on. However, I can’t expect such an experience from space traveling. At best, we end up traveling along Earth's orbit for a long time.
In conclusion, I’ll have something to loose and nothing to gain.

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