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TL;DR? - How much do you enjoy "Space", What in particular about it, and how do you think such enjoyment and knowledge shall effect how you play Destiny?

Our future is out there, in space, should we choose to have it.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson, along with Michio Kaku, is rapidly becoming some of my favorite mouthpieces for the advancement of the sciences. At times reminding me strongly of Carl Sagan and his great works of poetic truth.

(Though the Scale of the Universe sight is pretty neat, I personally like the layout of 100,000 Stars better. But whatever floats your boat. Your space boat.)

Well then, I sure do hope that you're aware of the Cosmos reboot that will be hosted by Mr. Tyson

I can't say that I've ever been more excited for something to happen on TV

Space is awesome.

That's what I really love about playing with X-Plane; it's the perfect future-science experimentation tool. I can dream up some future tech, apply its own rules to the creation of an air/space craft, and X-Plane brings the reality of real-world physics (even in space) and you can see how your new craft flies (or doesn't).

As for Destiny; I'm really excited to see what the personal ships are really used for, other than "heralding your arrival to battle". I'm not saying I want dedicated spaceflight levels like Reach had, I'd actually rather have the exploring experience that they talk about on the ground...IN SPACE!

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When I was growing up, I remember being utterly bemused by Star Wars. I was young and had a short attention span, so the talking, story, and etc. flew over my head. What kept my attention was anytime there were ships involved and sprawling space scenes with huge planetary marbles.

I love to star gaze on a clear night for no particular reason. I love the immense scale of sci-fi and the wonder that still exists.

This is why, I want to pilot my ship in Destiny. I want one thing in space travel, just one requirement. I want to fly from surface to the outer atmosphere and see the blue fade to black, I want to see a tiny marble become bigger and bigger until I can see detail and land on a particularly nice continent. I could fly through space for 100's of hours of just exploration.

Long have we gazed at the stars. . .

In some nights - where I can't sleep simply because my brain won't let me (even though I am exhausted), I can go out side and gaze upon infinitude. Things just make more sense when you look unto everything. I often wonder as I gaze in the open sky how far I am really seeing, but can't see due to the lack of the reflection and our own sensitiveness to light. Looking into space is unlike anything else, a grace you feel with a sensation of truly forever. I often try to describe it - haven't been able to yet - if the words exist I'll figure it out. That's just from a naked eye perspective. It doesn't even begin to detail the enormity of forces that play with those little dots of light. Black holes, Pulsars, Supernova, & Space time. Who knew everything could be summed up so simply. Black and White. /Boss

In Destiny I look forward to venturing out to this brief vastness that is our little quadrant of the solar system. Flying among "Safe" distance of the Saturnine rings sounds like a lot of fun. In the end I hope Bungie can bring that kind of wonder - well - down to earth. And Mars. And Venus. And Mercury. And what the hey . . . the Gas Planets too.

Thanks for your replys all. I made this thread out of a whim of a question, unknown if I would get anything. I'm glad with the results. See you star side.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson, along with Michio Kaku, is rapidly becoming some of my favorite mouthpieces for the advancement of the sciences. At times reminding me strongly of Carl Sagan and his great works of poetic truth.

Science is fucking awesome but many people don't know at. Scientists like Carl Sagan, Michio Kaku, Bill Nye, and Neil deGrasse Tyson do wonders for the popular advancement of the field. I'm sure you'd be hard pressed to find any geek who didn't look back up at the stars in amazement without guys like astronaut Chris Hadfield and engineer Bobak Ferdowsi hitting it up on the Internet.

There is not enough grapes on this earth to equal the amount of jelly I have for those of you who got to go to Space Camp.

I loved it and wanted more. My brother hated it. We went to different camps though, I was in Huntsville and he was in Florida. Learning about space stuff most of the day, rides under the guise of astronaut training at night, and sneaking out with girl campers after lights off. It was most excellent, if I had a kid, I'd definitely send them. Apparently older folks can still go, but that's kinda weird I guess??? They segregate the various age groups, IIRC.

(Though the Scale of the Universe sight is pretty neat, I personally like the layout of 100,000 Stars better. But whatever floats your boat. Your space boat.)

I often catch myself gazing at Luna, admiring it's craters and 'plains'. No, I do not know any names of almost any feature on real planets other than Earth, but I know our side of Luna almost as well as the back of my hand.

Space is both a frightening and an awe-inspiring thing to think about for me. The sheer chronological scale of it is a constant reminder of my own mortality, but the wonders always find a way to outweigh it.

As with Mass Effect's planet descriptions, I hope Destiny provides us with detailed geographical and atmospheric data of the places we visit. They were so entertaining to my inner astrologist.

Nor do you really have to - I can hardly recall them all. The few I do remember is because I find it sounds neat. (Oceanus Procellarum = Ocean of Storms = Bad Ass)

I would love to see them add detail to our beloved planets much like Mass Effect did.

It's exciting to see Destiny heading towards some of the same ideas that I was working on and building my reference library up for - like showing the scale and wonder of just our own system without needing hyperdrives and galaxy-spanning scales to make things seem epic. And all the odes I'm seeing to retro sci-fi visuals and authors like Jack Vance is also really exciting. Capturing the idealism of the golden age of sci-fi is definitely something Mayflower's trying to accomplish.

For some reason I get the feeling that hyperdrives aren't just part of the story for dramatic effect.

I know your post wasn't meant to be a plug - but wow way to plug. Check is in the mail right? :P