Google Liquid Galaxy
As we see technology progress, it gives us the comfortable illusion that we can go places we’d never be able to go to without challenging the laws of physics as we know them. Even if there was a global investment in human spaceflight, we’d never be able to scout around like demonstrated in the movie below unless we invent a way to not feel force.
This is great because we get carried away by the experience, and we really get a new perspective on the universe. We can go see the pale blue dot for ourselves. It becomes a cognitive experience, not a rational thought experiment.
Like watching a recording of a roller-coaster ride and getting the adrenaline without feeling queasy, this can make us feel an astronaut rush without the disintegration of a 103g acceleration. Cool stuff, I say! Now let’s add some layers of scientific data visualisations, like in a sort of augmented-reality-virtual-experience, and we’ll walk through our knowledge of the planet like nothing. Now that would be cool!
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