Even if recreational space travel becomes a reality in my lifetime, I think I'd pass up the opportunity. Because I've been there and done that. Whenever I dive, I enter a world as different from my daily life as outer space.
Every coral reef is like a marine condo.
Fish of all shapes, sizes, and hues dart around me, busy with their daily lives. Colorful sponges wave like laundry hung out to dry. I'm comfortable, I'm not sweating, and my bad knees don't have to hold me up. I never tire of the feelings of wonder and rapture I enjoy while diving, and I am not alone. Most divers along with countless snorkelers must leave home to find good diving.