Who wants to explore the galaxy?

[MrDibble]

Sorry, no, not leaving my kids for two years. Pity, an exploration ship like that could have used a Planetologist.

[Dorjan]

If I could bring my 6-yr old son along as a Midshipman, sure! Hey, it worked for the Royal Navy

[AtomicDog]

I don’t see the downside. Son is grown, he can take care of the pets till we get back.

[Satchmo]

I’m ready to go. I take it two years is the minimum? The grands will be at least 9 & 6 when I get back, lots of pictures and stories to share with them. I might even bring them back souvenirs. Maybe just a couple of tribbles.

[Skald_the_Rhymer]

@Satchmo

I’m ready to go. I take it two years is the minimum? The grands will be at least 9 & 6 when I get back, lots of pictures and stories to share with them. I might even bring them back souvenirs. Maybe just a couple of tribbles.

[ridiculously overthinking OP mode]

Two years is the plan. Suzie’s cautious, so it might be less. If fuel, air, water, food, or coolant stores fall below 60% before the one-year-mark, she’ll turn around and go home.

[/ridiculously overthinking OP mode]

[Atomic_Alex]

@Satchmo

…when I get back…I might even bring them back souvenirs.

On this trip thats a mighty big assumption you’re making

[Skald_the_Rhymer]

@Disposable Hero

On this trip thats a mighty big assumption you’re making

Everybody but me (and you, I guess) seems to be making that assumption.

[Atomic_Alex]

@Skald_the_Rhymer

Everybody but me (and you, I guess) seems to be making that assumption.

Prepare for the worst and hope for the best

[swampspruce]

@levdrakon

Wait. *Somebody’s *gonna die? Why?

@Skald_the_Rhymer

Saying it so definitely is probably hyperbole, but it seems more likely than not that such a voyage as Suzie plans would lead to at least one fatality. Even taking into account the huge speed the Dawn Treader’s will be travelling, it’s travelling an ungodly distance into territory that for all practical purposes is uncharted, with no possible help from home and no likely help from anyone on the way. I don’t care how smart Suzie is; she hasn’t the data to anticipate all possible dangers.

I’d go on this voyage if I were single, but nonetheless I’d be hugely surprised if nobody got killed. I didn’t point that out in the OP because it seemed so obvious as to be like saying, “With a ship’s company of 34, there will be a need for more than one bathroom.”

Won’t be me because:
a) I’m now indispensible thanks to what I learned from the library,
b) I’m not packing any red shirts…

[Elendil_s_Heir]

@Satchmo

I’m ready to go. I take it two years is the minimum? The grands will be at least 9 & 6 when I get back…

Hmmm. Is relativistic time distortion gonna be a problem? Exhibit A: Interstellar.

[Skald_the_Rhymer]

@Elendil_s_Heir

Hmmm. Is relativistic time distortion gonna be a problem? Exhibit A: Interstellar.

I think the OP says the Suzie’s tesseracts drive sidesteps time dilation. She’s basically built a Bakula-ers Enterprise.

[stui_magpie]

I would find it really difficult to overcome the persistent feeling that I needed to stay behind for the kids or my mum.

But the kids are adults and Mum can turn to them if she needs something and I would regret it every freaking second if I didn’t go, so to hell with it.

Now give me a few minutes to send my boss an email resigning, transfer enough money to my daughter to be able to pay the bills for 2 years and I’m out of here.