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Space Euphoria: Do our brains change when we leave Earth?

dailygalaxy.com — Astronaut Edgar Mitchell experienced a little understood phenomenon called the “Overview Effect" - a profound sense of universal connectedness. He is not the first or the last to report the change, and one scientist can now pinpoint areas in the brain that correlate to this. Is there more to space travel than we have any idea?

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  • fungusmonkey, on 05/20/2008, -12/+23Great article!
    • killerofkiller, on 05/20/2008, -1/+4i love the pic they used for the article, from the movie "Sunshine" one of my favorite Sci-Fi films of all time
      http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448134/
    • KhanneaNL, on 05/21/2008, -0/+2No it was a crap article. It said "people get dizzy and euphoric in space". Nothing else. He babbles on about that being dizzy and euphoric in space has to do with quantum bla bla fields but he describes no single testable hypothesis or practical explanation or application. BO-GUS.
  • thanver, on 05/20/2008, -15/+7great
  • Orion1004, on 05/20/2008, -2/+34A 21st century variety of religious experience that William James wrote about and taught at Harvard. Pretty profound stuff. It was captured too in Kubrick's 2001 A Space Odyssey.
    • Haoie, on 05/21/2008, -2/+0Of course nowadays, in the year 2008, 2001 the film can hardly be considered accurate.
  • SoundAdvice, on 05/20/2008, -16/+9Let's go on a field trip--to SPACE!
    Ok, maybe not...

    :)
  • Surferess, on 05/20/2008, -3/+69It has got to be a serious paradigm shift for them to look back down at the Earth.
    • sykotik, on 05/20/2008, -1/+25I feel very strongly I've experienced this sensation as I've done my own form of meditation, and still do. I'm not trained in it, I've just got my own method of looking inside. Also, I like the fact that it was brought up in the article, because they indeed read as the same experience. Anyways, onward with my method, with brevity in mind.

      A favorite mental exercise of mine is to sit on my porch and look at a tree. Then I close my eyes and imagine that I "leave my body" and see the top of my head, then I steadily zoom out until I see my block, then my city, all the buildings and people going about their daily business, unaware of my ethereal presence, further out, I see the city and surrounding areas, further out, landscapes and trees, nothing discernible beyond large structures like mountains, further, I see the continent, then the planet, further, just a pale blue dot, further, the solar system floating through the milky way, further and further.

      Done correctly, suddenly everything just *snaps* into perspective. You see life as it should be seen. Precious, minuscule, floating in an inky black sea of nothing, yet it's everything. You see that life is something to be embraced, to be loved, and lived to it's fullest until you're erased from this existence by death. Trivialities disappear, borders, differences, it all disappears and all you are confronted with is the cold, hard truth.

      And that is that life is precious, rare, small, yet able to look up at the stars and see that it could be different, there could be no intelligence to contemplate upon itself or existence. The clarity is astounding. Everything seems inconsequential against the backdrop of the whole of the universe and this rare, precious thing we call existence.
      • Cytranic, on 05/20/2008, -13/+1Yea you're a stoner.
        • venuspcs, on 05/20/2008, -0/+5And your a dumb ass for insulting him.
        • chemam, on 05/21/2008, -0/+3hey! stoner is not an insult. but he is indeed a dumb ass for calling him a stoner for no reason.
      • Sil369, on 05/21/2008, -0/+3If everyone went through the same thing, I wonder what impact it could have - would there be so much wars, hatred, violence in the world? How could things change and how long would it last?
        • sykotik, on 05/21/2008, -0/+2In my opinion, it would, because people would realize how precious this life we have is. As for the second question, ever since the "experience," which is how I refer to it, I've not thought the same about even common everyday experiences since then.
          My life has changed, and my horizons have broadened so much that it almost borders on the infinite. I walk around and just see people who are blind to what existence really is. As I stated, it's a precious thing, I mean, think about it. We EXIST. That's all one really needs to think about. We THINK, we SEE, we REFLECT, we LEARN, we COMPREHEND, we are CONSCIOUS..... we LIVE. Think about that, really really think on it, and it will completely floor you once it "clicks." We are in this "infinite" (from a human perspective) space floating on a planet through what basically amounts to nothing.

          You'll then look around and just see wasteful ignorance of this fact. Everyone should stop at least once a day and reflect on existence on a conscious level, not just a "well what errands do I have to do today," or "what coffee should I get at Starbucks today." level.
          We're all we have. All I see is petty selfishness around me. As far as we know, we're the only LIFE in the whole universe, the ENTIRE universe. I just wish I could share the "experience" with everyone, and have them truly have it click. It would open so many eyes to how poorly most of us live our lives, trapped inside our own problems and lives, unable to "step outside" and see everything as a big picture, as a whole, as it should be seen.

          War? Greed? Hate? Violence? Ignorance? These things have no place in my mind, body, and soul. My heart is open, my mind is free, and I hope others will open their eyes one day and see things how I see them. Einstein said it best, "The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility."
          Meditate on that, it's the most succinct way of putting it I've ever come across. It's profundity is striking.
    • defectDS, on 05/20/2008, -2/+11That happened to me the other day too! I can do it again too, watch:

      *hummmmm*
      *types in maps.google.com*
    • KhanneaNL, on 05/21/2008, -1/+1Paradigm is a difficult word.
  • Bukowsky, on 05/20/2008, -1/+45I can only imagine the feeling of leaving Earth, and being able to look back down upon it from outer space..... It must be a completely surreal experience.
  • alapoet, on 05/20/2008, -4/+54I would love to know that feeling for myself!
    • tonaros, on 05/20/2008, -2/+19Try LSD or MDMA.
      • xxMarka, on 05/20/2008, -0/+11*and
      • nubious, on 05/21/2008, -0/+2While MDMA and LSD *MAY* take you there, Ketamine's a direct route.
      • grungemusic3001, on 05/21/2008, -0/+3"Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration. That we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves."

        /Tool
    • zeusthemoose, on 05/20/2008, -1/+7Try Hawaiian Baby Woodrose seeds. They are legal to posses, although technically illegal to eat.When you eat about 10 of these puppies, google for directions, you will know the exact feeling. It is the most amazing thing you can possibly experience. For the first time, you will know what it truly means to talk to god, because he was within you all along, he was within all of us. The problem with LSD or MDMA is that it is almost too strong, more recreational than spiritual. For a real spiritual journey, try these seeds. You don't see any funny colors. Everything stays the same as it always has. Only, you unlock all of that universal knowledge that was inside of you bottled up all along. If you mix it with marijuana, it will intensify this feeling ten fold. Thats when you get pushed through the barrier whether you are ready to see it or not. Quite the experience indeed. But remember, there is always a risk because once you know, you cannot truly ever forget. You really need to be prepared for it.
      • tonaros, on 05/20/2008, -0/+2Cool. Although I'd heard of these I never took the time to look them up. I will now. Thanks.
      • JohnboiWaltune, on 05/20/2008, -2/+1Doooooooood
    • illt, on 05/20/2008, -0/+3even marijuana will do this.
      When high, think about things like the sun (unfathomly large spherical fusion reactor, and how at the same time it's impossibly small compared to other celestial bodies and it's radiation warms us from millions of miles away), moon (it's gravity churns our seas), orbits, and build from there to life, biology, science and so on.
      It's a humbling, scary, and wonderful thing to ponder
  • TFGeditor, on 05/20/2008, -2/+13For some reason, it put me in mind of the metamorphosis "Superman" experienced on entering our solar system.
    • SpectralSounds, on 05/20/2008, -0/+4Reminded me of the Ren and Stimpy episode, "SPACE MADNESS!"


  • Aereo, on 05/20/2008, -4/+81Yeah, because then you're all like... "Holy *****, I'm not on Earth"
  • BigManOnCampus, on 05/20/2008, -5/+8It's actually not difficult to have this perspective all the time. You just have to think of yourself as stuck on earth. You are, you're stuck here. You can't leave without spending a large country's income, even though there are places to see outside of earth.
    • RockedOut, on 05/21/2008, -1/+0I recommend astral travel through meditation and a trance induced state of awareness. I'd rather be a unphysical body of awareness transcending the realms of time and space. Its more rewarding and, aha, it requires no tangible form of payment if you don't have anational income at your disposal.
  • chenshaoming08, on 05/20/2008, -9/+4I guess leaving earth will become "New-type"
  • BCCStu, on 05/20/2008, -1/+10I wish I were an astronaut...or even a cosmonaut.
  • AManWithNoName, on 05/20/2008, -1/+28So you not only feel like you're floating in space when you're high, but you feel high when you're floating in space?
    • nubious, on 05/20/2008, -0/+6Actually I've read that in training astronauts to help prepare them for this experience they give them controlled doses of Ketamine, which does in fact give you this exact experience.

  • SteeleyDan, on 05/20/2008, -5/+10There's already a name for this phenomena, it's called becoming a Newtype
  • DeadlyCouncil, on 05/20/2008, -0/+11Yet another life-altering feeling I will never experience... lol
    • sykotik, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1Sure you will. Try my technique, it's listed as a reply in one of the first few comments. It might be helpful to have a picture of the earth floating in space to get a good mental image in mind.
    • TechnoViking82, on 05/21/2008, -1/+1You have a variety of drugs to choose from capable producing such an experience.
  • macweirdo42, on 05/20/2008, -2/+69This is Major Tom to Ground Control
    I’m stepping through the door
    And I’m floating in a most peculiar way
    And the stars look very different today

    For here
    Am I sitting in a tin can
    Far above the world
    Planet Earth is blue
    And there’s nothing I can do
  • bkrishnan, on 05/20/2008, -3/+6Well I feel that all the time when I take international flights. Does that count?
  • o0joshua0o, on 05/20/2008, -2/+13You can get this effect from meditation, too.
  • brainscab, on 05/20/2008, -1/+13Ive spoken with several astronauts, they a reflective and tolerant group of people
    • Laminarcissus, on 05/20/2008, -1/+8Yup, here's a video of the second man on the moon, Buzz Aldrin, expressing his profound sense of interconnectedness, reflection, and tolerance:

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcoyiJdeWT4
      • buckrogers1965, on 05/21/2008, -1/+2Damn, that old man has a good punch. But really the guy had it coming.
      • MrESaulved, on 05/21/2008, -2/+1That kid has more guts than Buzz Aldrin ever did or will.

        If I 'walked on the Moon', I'd never even have to worry about incidents like this, I would have documentary evidence, physical evidence and the best come back line in the history of mankind: "I've walked on the Moon, punk what have you done?"

        Funny how Buzz doesn't act that way, he acts like someone shamed about his conduct and afraid of the truth getting out, too late!
        • Laminarcissus, on 05/21/2008, -1/+2I agree with part of that -- walking up to a test pilot, even an aging one, and calling him a coward to his face certainly takes guts. And, it would appear, a good reconstructive surgeon.

          Buzz Aldrin:
          Third in his class at West Point.
          66 combat missions in Korea.
          Doctorate in Astronomics from MIT.
          Wrote the manual on manned space rendezvous used by all the Apollo missions.
          4,500 hours of flight time, 290 in space, 8 as EVA.
          Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
          An alcoholic with 25 years sober.
          Commander of the Air Force Test Pilots School.
          Member of the second exploration team to make a successful landing on the Titanic.
          Headmaster of a school on how to get your nose broken by mouthing off to a test pilot.

          So tell me about your guy again?
        • MrESaulved, on 05/21/2008, -1/+1"My guy" which he is certainly not as he is demonstrably his own person...stood up to and called out your accomplished liar. So that makes him pretty accomplished in just that act alone.

          If Buzz wants my respect for his previous accomplishments, he needs to come clean and tell what he knows and perhaps give some context for the lies. Of all the people involved, the Astronauts should be the ones to tell the people the truth.

          It's always the right time to right a wrong. Besides, everyone knows.

        • Laminarcissus, on 05/21/2008, -1/+2Okay, so I need a laundry list -- what would we need, say, actual rocks from the moon that have a unique non-terrestrial signature that can be matched to the moon's crust remotely through spectrographic analysis?

          Maybe the remnants of a lunar lander than we can optically image as still on the moon?

          I think the science you should look into more is animal husbandry. When a parrot is given insufficient stimulation it can frequently begin pulling its own feathers out in a pointless expression of mindless activity. Frequently the solution is to give them toys, like a mirror and a bell.

          Whether you are a troll or (unbelievably) sincere, the disease and cure are the same -- if you post your contact information, your mirror and bell will be on me.
    • spawnfree, on 05/20/2008, -1/+2space makes liberals?
      liberals are from space, holy ***** i worked it out.
      somebody get Bush in a rocket, if he doesnt come back at all then; bonus!


      sorry about that. i just wish we could all experience this. the world would be very different i feel.
    • JohnboiWaltune, on 05/20/2008, -3/+1This probably has more to do with the high level of education, achievement, and personal integrity required to be considered for an astronaut program, rather than any mystical experience.
  • HillerMylife, on 07/24/2008, -0/+26I think that thumbnail is from the movie Sunshine, which is pretty good, and beautiful in HD.
    • Thousand, on 05/20/2008, -0/+6It is, from the scene in the viewing room. That flick was great - very rarely do you get a movie these days that is nothing but great, non-hollywoodized sci-fi.
    • micro506, on 05/20/2008, -2/+5Note, the characters in that movie most definitely did *not* enjoy space euphoria.
      • psbpv3o, on 05/21/2008, -1/+1yeah they did, that whole scene in the sun room was all about space euphoria. It was my opinion that the main characters sacrifice had to do with exactly what they're talking about in the article.
    • Jordan117, on 05/20/2008, -0/+2Sunshine was an excellent movie, and visually stunning. I especially loved the scene where the crew observes the transit of Mercury, which I think had some of the aspects of the "space euphoria" the article discusses. To see an entire planet at once... it would be an amazing experience.

      EDIT: Here's a clip of the Mercury scene:

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYKq1qfdmWk
  • Borgcube636, on 05/20/2008, -7/+8Indeed! Sooner than later, people - Atheists and Religious alike - will wake up to Spirituality - and the realization that All is One!
    • thescimitar, on 05/20/2008, -0/+9This is, of course, what theists and non-theists have in common (hopefully): humanism. It isn't just feel-good kumbaya nonsense; the universe is astoundingly large and we are inconceivably small. When we start to realize that we are a single organism, responsible for maintaining our tiny environment, we'll start to work together.
      • Anonchrist, on 05/20/2008, -2/+2Most theist refuse to consider anything spiritual that doesn't require part of the "eternal organism" being damned and most atheist already feel that way, but refuse to call it spiritual.

        Tolerance will only come when we can deify science and we are no where close to an understanding of the universe that would justify that happening.....
      • RockedOut, on 05/20/2008, -1/+3The next step in evolution will occur when this great realization of universal unity happens within all of us. Our time here on earth has created centuries of dualistic thinking and its time to break ourselves from these notions that religions and scientific theories have created. We are all connected by the same same universal energy. Call it "God", "Allah", "Shiva", your soul, its all essentially the same thing.
      • venuspcs, on 05/20/2008, -1/+3There are well over a thousand religions on Earth. There are dozens of wide-spread and widely accepted religions on Earth. In everyone of these religions you are taught that that religion is your only way to salvation. I just have one question for any follower of an organized religion: HOW CAN YOU BE RIGHT AND ALL THE OTHER RELIGIONS BE WRONG?

        The most common answer I hear to that is "Because the Bible tells us so"...well...the Bible also says Mary of Magdellon was a whore, but that didn't stop Jesus from getting on his hands and knees and kissing her feet.

        The simple truth of the matter is that ALL RELIGIONS ARE RIGHT and WRONG. All beliefs, be it atheist, religious, naturalists or what ever all have some elements of truth. They all tell how you should live your life and for the most part they are right.

        RELIGIONS are nothing more than a means to control the masses. To bring order to the chaos that is our severe lack of understanding of the universe we live in. They are nothing more than our feeble attempt to explain the unexplained.
        • RockedOut, on 05/21/2008, -0/+0Where science leaves off, religion picks up.
          For those who follow a religion simply because of the influence of parents, popular figures, friends or society, remove those blinders in front of your eyes and question everything.
          The problem is many people are afraid to question what has been taught to them. Many people would rather live a life feeling a sense of comfort that their religion brings to them. Ignorance is bliss.
        • WhidbeyIsland, on 05/21/2008, -0/+1I've had the experience of feeling "connected" while on mind altering drugs, and realized that there must be a God to create such a system. I think using drugs to suppress certain areas of the brain, and heighten others can be very eye opening into how things around us work. Just like how being around people with mental disabilities can give insights into how the brain works. I'd imagine that being in space and orbiting our planet would be a mind altering experience :-)

          Some time after the experiences I started reading The Bible to see if it described God's character as I had come to understand it while I was high. Clearly I would've read the Quran first if I lived in the middle east, and so on. Surprisingly all of the things people have blamed The Bible for causing, don't actually EXIST in The Bible. People have shortcomings, but not The Bible. I found contradictions, but have come to realize that you can't take one verse or chapter out of context while ignoring the rest of what has been said about the subject in the rest of The Bible. Just like you can't do that with politicians (ie Ron Paul being a rascist).

          I don't view anybodies beliefs as wrong unless they clearly show that they don't understand what they're talking about, and don't try to look into the corrections other people present to them. If you want a better understanding of Mary Magdalene and her role in Christ’s life, I suggest Doug Batchelor’s book, At Jesus’ Feet.
    • blast_flame, on 05/20/2008, -0/+3Of course you think all is one mr borgcube...
    • Surferess, on 05/21/2008, -0/+1I read that on a Dr Bronner's soap bottle once!
    • shig, on 05/21/2008, -0/+1Which One?
  • kh99, on 05/20/2008, -8/+1Apollo 14? They used to breathe pure oxygen back then, didn't they?
  • Gunsdead, on 05/20/2008, -7/+2I'm pretty sure I would throw up.
  • montezumamike, on 05/20/2008, -3/+4A change will occur when we are no longer held down by earth's gravity! Newtypes shall emerge from the ranks of the Spacenoids! Sieg Zeon! Sieg Zeon! Sieg Zeon!
  • Xanrez, on 05/20/2008, -0/+14Sounds very much like enlightenment through meditation.
    • UGM2099, on 05/20/2008, -0/+2Mitchell went on to say pretty much exactly that.
    • spect3r, on 05/20/2008, -0/+4Actually, you are very correct. The feeling of being connected to everything around you is the ultimate goal of some types of meditation. I would suspect, however, that bringing on the feeling without having to work for it would be quite the experience.

      I am not a organized religion kind of guy, but I am spiritual. I grew up going to the catholic church, and the ONE thing that has stuck with me ever since was when a priest told me "when we die, we will have a panoramic view of life and everything it entails - similar to floating in space being able to see everything all at once" - from that day forward I've become more spiritual - and do alot of meditation to try and envision it..
      • Surferess, on 05/21/2008, -0/+1Yeah, I was raised Catholic too. When I was 6, a priest once told me go sit in that box and tell him all the bad stuff I'd done. I had to make stuff up cuz I was too young to have done bad stuff back then. My first big lie was making something up for a priest that I hadn't even done just to make the dumb church happy. How screwed up in that? Of course, it has nothing to do with this article, just thought I'd share cuz of the irony of it all.
  • kjm16, on 05/20/2008, -9/+3***** Websense!
  • sryan8913, on 05/20/2008, -2/+2This is an interesting and inspiring video about the same subject
    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6983074709 ...
  • TheMachine1, on 05/20/2008, -5/+0That guy in Armageddon got Space Madness.
    • erichw1504, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1buried for getting "I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing" stuck in my head.
  • Enlefo, on 05/20/2008, -0/+10Man, this makes me want to go to space even more.
  • Merendino, on 05/20/2008, -1/+7This was indeed an interesting article. I've had such an experience back on December 12th of 2003. It would be impossible for me to describe in these comments as I tend to go off on tangents when I try to explain it to other people, but it is without a doubt the most profound thing that has ever happened to me in my life. I'm 24, and I am positive that it will remain the most intense feeling I have ever had, for the remainder of my life.

    I read a great description of it once from a guy on a message board that focus's on this kind of experience. He said, "It felt like you were living in and directly observing a tree where the roots and branches grow together out of the trunk."
    • ArtificialAnus, on 05/22/2008, -0/+1I had a similar experience once when camping with one friend alone in the middle of a vast desert, thousands of kilometers from civilization.

      At night, lying there and looking up at the sky, the stars became more vivid than I've ever seen. The milky way seemed to pop out of the sky in three dimensions and envelop me and the entire earth. I could see the arms of the galaxy reaching out and I felt an intense sensation that I was a very small piece of a very large puzzle, that every piece was connected, and that every bit of it mattered.

      I can't even explain the feeling... I wasn't looking up, I was looking _out_.

      Absolutely intense and perspective-shattering. Call it what you want, but without a doubt, that experience changed my life.
  • kidjay, on 05/20/2008, -2/+17they are in. *****. space.

    if you go to space and don't feel that way, you have a problem.
  • killbert24, on 05/20/2008, -1/+3Not only would the zero-gravity atmosphere have physiological changes on the position of the brain in the skull, but the new spatial orientation of objects and bodies might lead to new theories and discoveries about how the universe works. Just as great scientific minds here on Earth have made their discoveries based on everyday experiences, brilliant minds of the future might have the same happen after prolonged exposure to outer space living conditions.
  • sandersdamnit, on 05/20/2008, -5/+4I Wanna Get High. High on Space.




    http://digg.com/comedy/Moon_Bears
  • Greatn3ss, on 05/20/2008, -2/+6i once experienced something like this the first time i ever smoked marijuana
    • manchoi44, on 05/20/2008, -0/+4I was reading through the comments for something like this... I also had such an experience while "impaired"...

      Just goes to show you it's not all bad...
      • WhidbeyIsland, on 05/21/2008, -0/+1Yeah I don't think it's all bad. I've found that it can heighten certain areas of my brain while repressing others. The only bad parts are from bad trips because of traumatic experiences in my past from areas I had repressed. Sort've like if you watched a scary movie while high :-)

        They're also bad if you use them to purposely repress problems you have.
  • xtremesniper, on 05/20/2008, -0/+3And as the smoke slowly rises
    Our planets bare and cold
    But as the black sky brightens
    A wondrous world unfolds
  • xutopia, on 05/20/2008, -0/+9If you liked this article I recommend reading Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan.
  • wigginz, on 05/20/2008, -2/+3Um, it's entirely possible that this effect is due to all that radiation the Earth's magnetic field normally shields you from. That many protons passing through your head can cause interesting things. I saw an interview with an astronomer on some show and he said he could literally feel particles entering his body. I can only imagine what extended periods of intense radiation would produce.
  • latpack, on 05/20/2008, -3/+2I think we all instinctively know the "truth" behind who we are and why we're here. The knowledge is either repressed or forgotten. Earth is ***** prison for our souls.
  • Anonchrist, on 05/20/2008, -1/+2Doesn't the theory that the author proposes on spirituality sound a lot like Einstein's philosophy?
  • UGM2099, on 05/20/2008, -0/+3Sounds alot like circuit #8 got unlocked:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8-Circuit_Model_of_Co ...
    • Raxem, on 05/21/2008, -0/+0Dude... DXM is nothing like that. Robo trips are weak sauce. Only the strongest hallucinogens can unlock it, according to Timothy Leary (click link of the person you replied to). Dimethyltryptamine is the main one, but a ketamine trip can also cause a out of body experience and also strong doses of LSD. Look up DMT, it's some crazy *****. Joe Rogan does a nice explanation of it somewhere on the internets, I'm sure you could find it. I think there is a youtube video of it (random pictures while he is talking, it was done on a radio show).
  • Archcoder, on 05/20/2008, -1/+7A handful of shrooms yields the same experience.
    • wiggs08, on 05/21/2008, -0/+1ya but that experience can go bad if you're unable to look out for the SPIDERS!
  • uberpsycho, on 05/20/2008, -2/+0I wouldn't be surprised if that experience is caused by the brain jostling around a bit due to zero gravity.
    • MrESaulved, on 05/21/2008, -0/+1I would, since you do not get the same feeling while underwater in a state of neutral buoyancy.

      It's most likely due to a combination of radiation exposure on brain tissue and genuine euphoria brought about by transients in monamine neurotransmitters.
  • No1nose, on 05/20/2008, -1/+2I would like to experience this.
  • Ozzsanity, on 05/20/2008, -2/+4I saw an IMAX movie that had lots of film from space of the earth, I was also very dosed. I can very much relate to what these guys are saying.
  • beermaker, on 05/20/2008, -0/+5i offer myself for future experiments, i just do this for the advance of science
  • purelithium, on 05/20/2008, -0/+4Fascinating article. Great submission. I hope one day I can feel that sensation Mr. Mitchell describes.
  • BobbyMC, on 07/21/2008, -6/+1The Astronazis are only trying to get more funding for missions to other planets so they can stick flags in them and claim more living space for their "people". Personally, I've never believed you could leave the Earth's atmosphere and come back the same.

    • MattB123, on 05/20/2008, -0/+4But is that necessarily bad?
    • smek2, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1Astronazis? I think i just got a title for my new B-Movie. Astronazis From Outer Space!
  • Redwine707, on 05/20/2008, -0/+2Dailygalaxy is on my home page.
  • bromac, on 05/20/2008, -2/+1She packed my bags last night pre-flight
    Zero hour nine a.m.
    And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then
    I miss the earth so much I miss my wife
    It's lonely out in space
    On such a timeless flight

    And I think it's gonna be a long long time
    Till touch down brings me round again to find
    I'm not the man they think I am at home
    Oh no no no I'm a rocket man
    Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone
  • diespectra, on 05/20/2008, -0/+2A high dose of mushrooms will give you the same feeling.
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