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Bonus question: what if both options are for warfare in WWIII?

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[–] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Submarine. There's life around atleast, even if its a weird looking fish once in a while. Having gravity and what not, just less of a physical impact.

Meanwhile I'm also horrified at how many choose the iss

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fully agree. Here take a Fresca.

Gimme that octopussy

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Submarines have showers and other amenities. Not to mention pooping.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

Most of them don't have windows, though. Then again, I don't see why you wouldn't add outside cameras in the 21st century.

[–] BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 4 points 1 year ago

Same. In theory they'd be very similar in nature, but space station makes for a cooler story.

[–] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 year ago

I’ve always wanted to be crammed into a tiny spaceship with a big fuck-off telescope and the collected works of humanity loaded on the computer, and be launched perpendicular to the plane of orbit. (This is, by necessity, a one-way trip, as it would take a very very very long time to get far enough for good data)

We don’t actually know what the galaxy looks like from a top-down (or bottom-up, depending on how you choose to view it) perspective so it would be a really unique experience and would send very useful information back…. probably. Eventually.

So I’d definitely take the space station. Not the same, but close enough.

[–] Berttheduck@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Ooof I'm claustrophobic so neither of these would be good. I pick Space Station though because zero g seems really cool and you'd get way better pictures.

In WW2 I'd probably still pick Space Station though the odds of survival are way lower.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I'm not a big fan of getting into anything that I can't just step out of, but between the two, being in space would be a new, unique experience, so I'd take that.

[–] _Atlas_@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

100% in space. If something were to go wrong, and there is a tiny leak, for example. I would rather want to open a hatch and die instantly to lack of pressure than to slowly drown in a sub as it fills up.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good news, if the sub is deep enough you can die instantly due to too much pressure.

[–] _Atlas_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Fantastic, both options are on the list then!

[–] Intrama@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oooof. Submarine because I think 3 years in space would be much more physically diminishing. Oh crap, bonus question.. omg. Same answer because I believe the technology is vastly more advanced on the side I'd find myself during that conflict. Scary though to think about both during active war. O_O

[–] wargreymon@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I think hidding in submarine should be way easier, but you also want to win the war, so you can replenish supplies.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Submarine. It's less exciting, but it wouldn't ruin my body for the rest of my life from spending 3 years in zero g.

[–] wargreymon@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

lol yea, 3 years is too long.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Submarine would be easier in a sense. Personally, I feel like I'm falling over in even mild negative Gs, and then you add the health issues. The view would be pretty cool though, and I could have actual bandwidth for communication. (Seawater blocks most things)

I'm going submarine, because I like boats and prefer text communication anyway. If it's WWIII, a submarine might be the safest place on the planet to be, and among the most comfortable, so it's a no-brainer.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Considering the known health issues of both, gotta go submarine.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

No human has spent 3 consecutive years in zero g. A few people have spent more than one year, and that's rough. I choose submarine over ISS. However, if offered the choice between a submarine and a future rotating space station with artificial gravity, my answer might be different.