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elliotec · on May 29, 2019

We... most certainly DO have space travel now.

thaumasiotes · on May 30, 2019

Only for values of "travel" that consist entirely of beginning in a particular location, and then staying there.

xvector · on May 30, 2019

Still counts as space travel.

MaupitiBlue · on May 30, 2019

In much the same way jumping counts as air travel.

infectoid · on May 30, 2019

I thought being in a plane in the air counted as air travel and being in a spacecraft in space counted as a space travel?

munchbunny · on May 30, 2019

While we are capable of (human) space travel, it's currently only really for science. On the other hand, people travel by air all the time for practical reasons.

adrianN · on May 30, 2019

It's been a long time since humans were far enough from Earth that their spacecraft didn't experience significant atmospheric drag.

elliotec · on May 30, 2019

I don't get it... is this one of those "The moon landing was fake" things or are you like not aware that we've traveled to the moon?

thaumasiotes · on May 30, 2019

For any meaningful sense of "space travel", the moon and the earth are not in different locations.

Nor are we able to stay on the moon, though that is a weaker point.

sm64 · on May 30, 2019

Depends on whether you consider the ISS to be a destination in space.