Kinda same, but one of my besties is a pilot. It sucks for him now, but I think in a couple of years there will be some job openings, as the older generation of pilots, um, "retires". In the meantime, we really should have a discussion about whether or not air travel is sustainable, and if we really need to travel so much. It's a luxury that Earth may not be able to afford. Carbon emissions are much worse from global commerce via boat. Not sure how to solve that one without uprooting the entire global econo-... Hey, wait, we're already doing that. Even though the coming months are a golden opportunity, I have the utmost faith that we can completely squander affecting change in the right direction. We can debate things here in a pseudonymous forum, and that'll be about the end of it. It's shitty, because at a personal level, my loved ones and I are mostly going to be fine. My nuclear family (two entire people & two kitties) are going to be fine no matter what. Feeling some guilt, but also like, "OK 'Boomer, you did this to yourself. Sleep in the bed you shat."
Short answer: prooooobably not. Long answer: lots of math followed by a proooooobably not. kb did some math a few weeks back but I am terrible at finding things on Hubski. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49349566 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_aviation but then again, what modes of travel involving fuel aren't bad for the environment?In the meantime, we really should have a discussion about whether or not air travel is sustainable, and if we really need to travel so much. It's a luxury that Earth may not be able to afford.
I, too, have failed to find that thread which is a drag because a lot of effort went into it. So in the spirit of "lot of effort" and to lighten the mood a little let's look back to this awesome thread where we all dunked on Spinlaunch 'cuz that was fuckin' fun.
God that was so fun. I sent that to my other grad school space peeps, and none of us can explain how SpinLaunch could ever work.
I dunno, but I suspect “sheltering in place” for most of 2020 is gonna make me wanna burn somethin’, goddamnit.