Something that those who want to colonize other planets in our solar system have not, in my opinion, taken into proper consideration is the difficulties that would arise in keeping track of dates. Since each of the planets moves at different speeds and with different paths around the sun, and since each planet rotates at its own pace, the days and years are different on each planet. For instance, the legal drinking age on Venus would be 34 years old, while 11 year olds on Mars could booze it up legally. Jupiter residents would be over the hill before their fourth birthday. And on Mercury, you would be 74 years old before you graduate from high school.
On the one hand, this would be great, because it would totally screw Hallmark and all their stupid revenue-enhancing self-created societally-imposed throw-away holidays. But on the other hand, imagine the trouble men would get into for forgetting their anniversaries! By the way, I had better receive plenty of birthday wishes today, because today is my 129th birthday on Mercury! (Sadly, I won't reach my first birthday on Pluto until March 2, 2224.)
To find out your age on Saturn or your birthday on Neptune, visit this fun site.
Now, to see some guys who are out of this world....
Monday, August 21, 2006
It's My Birthday on Mercury!
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Yeah, isn't it funny how our whole conception of time (and age, adulthood, etc.) is based on something as cosmic as the Earth's revolution? I like to refer to birthdays as yet another trip around the sun! (By the way, nice collection of hunks, as always...)
i guessed, i will be old enuf to be reincarnated again and again to reach my birthday on mercury!!
wahahhahaha
Jeff...
I found it interesting that, since the rotation of each planet is at a different speed as well as their paths around the sun being different distances, on some planets, you may have been alive for fewer "days" but actually been alive for more "years." Fascinating stuff. Starts to boggle my mind, so the hunks help keep me grounded :)
Zenngo....
There's an interesting thought for those who believe in reincarnation. I wonder, if humans colonize other planets, is it possible that you may be reincarnated on a different planet? Or perhaps there are already other places besides earth where one might go? I don't know a lot about those beliefs, but it seems interesting to think about!
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