• DoubleDongle@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    Alright, this gives me crazy heebie jeebies. Something about how close that horizon is, combined with the fact that beyond it is just nothing, absolute nothing, for light-years in most directions; hits the buttons for claustrophobia, agoraphobia, acrophobia, and thalassophobia at the same time.

    I have never felt happy about the fact that I was born too early to go space mining til now. No thanks. Maybe if I get to keep a ton or two of native platinum for myself, otherwise no thanks.

    • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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      15 hours ago

      Now also imagine the view when you’re there and you turn off the light.

      Black will be really fucking black and you will only see some stars