That said I’d prefer to go on my own with my pets, just think 25 - 40 years travelling with out any arse holes to screw it up 
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Saber Riders and the Star Sheriffs, was my favorite when I was a kid.
Where do I sign up?
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Helen Mirren was in a brilliant short film a couple years ago where her character was solo in space - it was a great piece; I really enjoyed it:
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt13356646/
I’m with you on this one, sign me up! My first big sci-fi adventure was Star Trek: The Next Generation. My stepmother had taped all the episodes and I would watch them for hours when we were over at her place (while she and my dad were dating). I loved the adventure 
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The fastest space probe ever made (so far) would take thousands of years to travel 4 light years. Much longer if you plan to slow down and stop somewhere. Half the trip would be spent just slowing down. 
It’s a daunting task for sure.
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I suppose you would be aging as you “tripped” for years. Ug seems just too scary for me.
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Chemical propulsion would certainly not be used for the interstellar trip; it would be impractical. There is a need for a quantum leap (a paradigm shift) in propulsion before an interstellar trip would be feasible.
Paradigm shifts are famously difficult to foresee (because mostly we look forward through the lenses of our assumptions, which are based on past ways of doing things); the shift is often accidental, unintended.
They can be quick, too. It was thousands of years of square rigging on ships, then centuries of pointed / triangular sails with variable boom angles (permitting sailing upwind, across the wind, and downwind - a full circle of directions available without any need to row), then it was less than 50 years of heavier-than-air flight - on wings using the same basic aerodynamic principles as sail - between the Wright Flyer and the first jet airplanes.
Interesting fact: the fastest large sailing ships hit a (claimed) maximum, under optimal environmental conditions, of about 30 km/h. The SR-71 Blackbird, the fastest air-breathing manned aircraft ever made - which first flew in 1964, only 61 years after the first heavier-than-air flight - tops out at 3,540 km/h, 118 times faster than the fastest sailing ships.
One of the fastest human-made objects in the solar system so far is NASA’s Juno probe, which reached 265,000 km/h recently, at its peak speed around Jupiter. Multiplied by 118, the same speed increase as the SR-71 achieved, that makes 31,270,000 km/h. There are 9.46 trillion kilometres in 1 light year, which means a 1-light-year trip would take 302,526 hours (or 34 years). Exactly how long the trip would take is an interesting question, but it’s not thousands of years.
A lot can happen in the next 61 years. Who’s to say that the increase achieved in speed will be only 118 times what we currently have?
It starts with the question, “How?” and the answer is always a surprise. It’s a surprise I look forward to seeing
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what an interesting poll!
i’m too old to survive a long trip but for sure I’m in on a warp trip. Bringing my seed bank and soil in abundance as well as weapons to shoot everybody trying to mess with it! space gardener, I would be so IN for it 
Star Trek Original fan and loving to explore.
Of course only with my own big big big room and a restriction mile for assholes, noise, smells and annoyances around it 
Pets! no way without my furballs @Lezourez
I think I wouldn’t be a passenger this mission wants on the journey.
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I went out into nature for a couple day vacation and i got behind on the daily check in thread. Im the type that if im watching a thread i dont want my unread to get outta control, gives me anxiety. My husband on the other hand has about 11k unread emails.
My stupid poll to all is at what point do you mark all messages as read and start fresh?
- 50 posts behind
- 200 posts behind
- 850 posts behind, boy I wonder what I missed but don’t have the time to catch up
- I have stopped tracking new posts on the checkin thread
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Do you put chips on your sandwich? like so
- A) Yes! It’s the only way
- B) No! What crazy person does that
- C) never thought to
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I can’t eat a sammy without chips. I usually go for regular potato chips but any will do. I need that crunch. 
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I love the Doritos on there but will settle for potato chips lol
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This nation was founded on separation of chips and sandwich. What is it with you people?!
I bypass chips altogether, have some modesty
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So you are anti sandwich with chips then
When I was a kid, it was the way we did it on pool day. Nothing better than eating a sandwich like that after hours of swimming
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Never put em in the sandwich (will be doing so now) but I gotta have chops with my sandwich…it’s a must 
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I’ve been doing this since highschool 
It’s the only way I’ll even eat plain chips, but salt 'n vinegar is my fav 
I like them in soup instead of crackers too(but you gotta eat them before they get soggy).
At the fair they had grilled cheese with Doritos inside. Never thought of that before, but it was slammin 
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But do yall put chips on your cheesecake?
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What decade produced the best Rock and Roll?
- 1950’s
- 1960’s
- 1970’s
- 1980’s
- 1990’s
- 2000’s and beyond
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3-5 per week and 7 or more per week ought to be on the list, too.
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I can’t fathom biweekly or monthly meetings. If it’s biweekly and I can’t make it, then it’s a full month in between meetings. That’s too long for me and I lose the spirituality and connection
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My home group is 3 days a week. Some around here are 5 days a week.
The general advice I hear for starting groups is to not directly compete with another group or set of groups, unless there is a large unmet need locally. And any groups I have started or been part of from early days have always presented content that was lacking - one was a reading of “As Bill Sees It”, one was a meditation meeting, one is a literature meeting (big book, 12&12, and Living Sober). My pet peeve is new 12 & 12 meetings that do not include the traditions.
Tradition 4: Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or A.A. as a whole.
Starting a group is a matter affecting other groups, or can be. Seek local advice!
And damn, I love to see people getting into service and starting groups, it does my heart good!
Franzi, I know you are in Europe, so maybe there is an equivalent for you - in the US, the General Service Office in NYC will send a new group packet, including pamphlets and other information, if you ask for it. They will also point a new group to their local service structure, for things like web sites and inclusion of the new meeting in the Meeting Guide app.
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