Unusual interests/passions you have.

[Pike]

Or because we terraformed it.

...resulting in an ocean.

That is kind of the point, yes.

If you want to be in the ocean by all means go ahead but let's get into the oceans on some other planets so the human race isn't screwed if something should happen to the one planet we are stuck on right now, eh?

[Madame Adequate]

That's fixable. We'll just get Bruce Willis and Steve Buscemi to go intercept it.

EDIT:

If we spent as much money on deep sea exploration & research as we do with space, we could find a way to live & survive in the deep sea if it were to become an absolute necessity.

The ocean won't save us if there's an asteroid strike.

Well, to be fair, neither will space.

Yeah, living on an entirely different planet wouldn't help in the event of an Earth-shattering asteroid impact

[Loony BoB]

Being on Mars is no more "being in space" than being on Earth, surely? As for being on an entirely different planet: It doesn't matter much which planet you're on if it's the one the asteroid is hitting. I suppose absolutely massive planets might be better off, though...? Maybe? But just imagine if you went to Mars just in time for an asteroid to hit Mars. Boy would that be unlucky.

[Pike]

It doesn't matter WHAT planet the hypothetical asteroid hits, what DOES matter is that it's not the only repository of humankind.

Regarding Mars, it's not the end goal; it's probably a necessary step, though.

[Madame Adequate]

It's almost as if the whole point is to have self-sustaining human civilization on more than one planet at the same time.

[Denmark]

this thread used to be good

[Pumpkin]

I agree with Leo.

[Pike]

this thread used to be good

your face used to be good

[Pumpkin]

I agree with Pi........





.......no wait what

[Denmark]

don't worry, it still is /smug

[Loony BoB]

Sod humankind, I'm pretty sure what matters to me is that all of the people I care about will more than likely be on that planet. And, you know, me! Gotta look out for number one. When we achieve FTL travel and can go from planet to planet within months let alone years, let me know and I'll start getting excited about space.

But seriously: Space is space, other planets are not space, they are other planets and if they don't have oceans, I'm calling them Not As Cool As Earth. Oceans aren't my be all and end all but Oceans In Space, so much cooler. Did you guys see that Voyager episode where there's a giant bubble of water in space? That was pretty great.

EDIT: My unusual interest/passion is clearly playing devil's advocate to everything ever.

[Pike]

Did you guys see that Voyager episode

Sorry but I only watch good Treks

[Shauna]

Don't know why you didn't watch Voyager then.

[Pike]

Don't know why you didn't watch Voyager then.

Because who's got time for it when TOS, TNG, and DS9 are all so much better

VOY might be better than ENT though, I'll give you that. Only because of the Doctor.

Edit: Going back to the topic of the thread, I am in love with Star Trek. So much better than Star Wars or pretty much any other scifi.

[Loony BoB]

Did any of the other Star Treks have a giant planet-sized bubble of an ocean floating around in space? I mean, not even an ocean planet. Ocean! In! Spaaaaaaaaaace!

EDIT: And back on topic I have a passion for reading up on things constantly. If I don't know about them or if I hear something but am not sure if it's true, I tend to research it pretty quickly. I hate not knowing things (to some extent, anyway). An example is as soon as I started thinking about whether or note that ocean planet was even realistic, I immediately checked up on the episode in question and also ocean planets in general.