To be scared shirtless of Space...

[Sweets101]

And even more so by the fact we are in it? And there's really no getting away from that.

[starchildareyoulistening]

My favourite "perspective" video:

[WLF46]

Try not to worry too much about the sun exploding and killing you, or aliens coming to enslave us, or a giant rock smashing into the earth.

You're MUCH more likely to be killed by something on this planet already, for example:
-Car accident
-Antibiotic resistance
-New strains of disease
-Gas explosion
-Electrocution
-Lightning strike
-Getting raped and getting AIDS
-Being stabbed
-Nuclear war
-Suicide because of all the horrible things out there

Anyway, there's a good chance Mr Trump will destroy us all before something from outer space gets the chance to!

[Lweji]

we have a lot in common with stars, we are both made of Carbon & like stars we are born, we live and we die, when we die and are cremated we turn to ashes, which is what stars are made up of.

Erm... no.
Stars are made of hydrogen, primarily. Certainly don't have ashes.

[Myusernameisalreadyinuse]

The documentary Hypernormalisation is worth a watch - explains what's really going on while we are being distracted by engineered political crisis.

Ooh I've seen that on iPlayer and wondered what it was. I'll have to watch it. It sounds exactly like what I've been worrying about...it will probably increase my fears!

[Minivaperviper]

It's fascinating and terrifying at the same time, makes me feel insignificant..like what's the point of it all, there isn't any just the right conditions to create lifeforms.

You live once in order to be nothing at the end, if reincarnation exists I want to be an otter.

If I think too deeply it blows my mind.

[AmysTiara]

I don't find it scary, I think it's fascinating.

[pregnantat50]

Maybe when we die we get transported to space and depending on how good we have been our soul ends up on a particular planet. Astronomers have discovered a planet that is shrowded in complete darkness and as hot as hell! (what ever that temperature is) its called Planet HD1492026B and has been calculated to have a mass of 70 to 90 earths. It is the closest transiting planet to earth, only 60 light years away

[IminaPickle]

I assumed this was a thread about SpaceNK, the unforgiving lighting, perfect assistants etc.
they're actually very friendly

[pregnantat50]

we have a lot in common with stars, we are both made of Carbon & like stars we are born, we live and we die, when we die and are cremated we turn to ashes, which is what stars are made up of. NDEs (near death experiences) people claim to see a bright light...so maybe that's us entering our next phase as a star....sorry not helping am I

[ShastaBeast]

The gravity film was a horror, suspense thing for me. Poor George Clooney's inevitable suffocation. I haven't watched the Matt Damon Mars film yet either. It's like being trapped, almost a claustrophobia. I don't like similar situations of being trapped either, under sea, under ground, in a building. I'd freak in a cave, walking a tube tunnel or scuba diving. I like fresh air and easy escape routes. The vastness of space makes it even worse as the oppressive nothingness makes it even more clear how trapped and fragile we humans are. And yet I still watch and read up on the science and tech advancements. I'd love to have been encouraged to be more scientific and worked for NASA/ESA but I come from a disadvantaged background and thought I wasn't good at science and maths.

[RachelRagged]

Yep another here who would be one of the first to decline a trip into space. Into that darkness, , sod that .
Ironically, the other extreme, I have no urge to ever go deep into the ocean . Would love too (if I could afford it) have gone on that voyage down to see Titanic but omg no . . Noo

[Anniegetyourgun]

Dammit, I'd swear there was only one page of this when I posted. I missed three whole pages! (I still managed to be the first one to post the song though. I think.)

[Anniegetyourgun]

The fact that the universe is so vast is also comforting if you consider that all these nasty things like supermassive wossnames are a very, very, VERY long way away. That our great, great, great grandchildren and then some would still get to live out their full allotted span before a black hole that hove to on the horizon in, say, 2017 would actually get anywhere near us. If anything does for the human race it'll have to be something quite close to home (my money's on some idiot with a bomb in the White House for example ).

I do believe there's "something/someone else out there" - logically it's all too big for us to be the only sentient beings that evolved anywhere, but we'll probably never hear from the others, and what's to say we aren't the most advanced? I don't think the government are hiding anything, as there's no particular reason they should know a lot more than the rest of us at this point. At vast expense and many years' planning they've only recently managed to send manned expeditions to our own satellite, and unmanned probes to the two nearest planets, plus firing off the odd one in the general direction of "out there" and hoping it goes somewhere near a planet so we can get a bit of a look. What they've found so far has been interesting but has no direct impact on ordinary life.

Meanwhile, here is some music:

[Gladys123]

I'll just leave this here.

[Lweji]

The universe is everything that exists, but everything that exists is getting bigger

Or rather, further apart from eachother.

But, yes, it's inconceivable to us because we're in it.

[Madeyemoodysmum]

So I guess Gravity with Sandra bullock is like a horror film to you lot then😄

[5to2]

Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do.

[5to2]

I wonder at it, my brain is unable to process the vastness. It does provide, as others have said though, instant perspective.

Scared "shirtless" is an odd reaction though.

[Lweji]

Whereas I LOVE the idea of space.

Need to read more of the thread, but
Luckily it's not like I'll ever accidentally end up there
You never know. Now that Trump will cancel natural laws with a phone call and by calling them made up by the Chinese, we may all end up there.

[megletthesecond]

Yanbu. I tend to over think this a lot and get myself into a tizz.

mort I worry about gravity failing too .

[Minesril]

I completely get this! Puzzles my husband as I'm a bit of a sci-fi nerd.

Anyone remember the dr who episode where loads of planets were transported right next to earth so they could see all these massive planets just hanging in the sky? Terrified the life out of me!

[ShastaBeast]

Pluto - the two aren't mutually exclusive. People love scaring the crap out of themselves otherwise horror movies and rollercoasters wouldn't exist. Plus the reasons behind the fear vary. Mine is partially nihilistic and partly because space isn't habitable - so much could go wrong with the tech we use to make it habitable. Suffocating is fucking terrifying, but the science and technology behind conquering this is fascinating. I feel similar, but less interested in, submarines. You seem to lack imagination.

Myuser- space is a great one for getting perspective, as is death. We are all distracting ourselves from bigger shit, have a look into terror management theory. The documentary Hypernormalisation is worth a watch - explains what's really going on while we are being distracted by engineered political crisis.

[Pluto30]

I don't "get" the fear of space...

You wouldn't exist if it weren't for that limitless expanse.

But I studied physics at uni, so that might explain why it doesn't scare me. It simply fascinates me, and I think it's amazing.

[Myusernameisalreadyinuse]

I'm worrying right now because I feel like we are sort of living a fake life with loads of superficial problems (I don't mean all our problems are superficial of course) while all this stuff is happening in the world around us and we are oblivious to most of it. I feel like we will get to a point where the superficial stuff will start to implode and we'll be forced to face the big stuff.

I don't think I'm explaining myself very well and I'm probably making myself sound crazy, but it's tired and I'm not that crazy.

[LiviaDrusillaAugusta]

Does anyone remember 'Space' with Sam Neill? I watched it as I adore him but basically he was saying how it was all going to go to shit