Listening to the beginning of this post was almost like playing a sci-fi movie without paying attention to what's happening on the screen. The scientists of this meeting gather together for what will be know in history books for the worlds first attempt at making space travel possible. Not only is it scientists, but sci-fi fanatics as well only because they can bring a more fictional approach on the subject and try to make it possible. for example: pne man was interviewed saying that a plasma shield around a rocket ship to protect it from space dust was entirely possible. It's a mind blowing thought. Another man interviewed was quoted saying 'it's almost like we have real life solutions to problems we haven't encountered yet.'
The first 'article' of the podcast talks about a foreign, american man residing in china who, by accident, gets into a fight but flees the scene. The Chinese police find him and lock him up for, what he was told, a few days to a few weeks. No big deal, its just another adventure right? The few weeks turns into a few months, then it is almost a year and he still hasn't even been to court yet. He talks about the problems and how it was living in a narrow room with other men and rats coming out of the toilets. It's strange to think America is contemplating how long we will be trapt on earth, unable to make distance space travel, while others are contemplating how long they'll be held captive, trapped in their cement prison.
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