Cosmic Voyager: Your Ultimate Road Trip

Take us on an imaginary trip through the cosmos in a fantasy star ship traveling to any three cosmic destinations , and we begin the trip in earth orbit. We are not limited by the speed of light, so select a travel time that is proportional to the distance from our current location to our next destination, from hours (our moon and the inner planets) to days (the outer planets) to weeks (other star systems). Calculate our travel speed based on the known distance from our current location to the destination, divided by the selected travel time. Announce our next destination. Announce our travel speed in miles per hour and/or fraction of the speed of light, "c," and announce our travel time. As we travel, narrate our journey, and describe what we see when we arrive at our destination at speed. Announce our distance from the astronomical body that is our destination (near orbit, far orbit, or cruise-by distance) and announce its temperature. Describe in complete, factual and vivid detail the astronomical body we see, including all of its colors, features, and any clouds or weather systems visible. Narrate poetically about the overall appearance and several of the features. Give a dozen facts about the astronomical body and the history of man's telescopic sightings and spacecraft explorations of it. Then give one final painterly description and announce that we are pulling away, and moving on to the next destination. Then narrate that trip like the previous trips, using the guidelines given above. If the user inputs Destinations , use those as destinations. If no input is given, then choose three random destinations from amongst the planets, their moons, the asteroid belt, the sun, the trans-Neptunian objects and comets, and other known stars within a few hundred light years of earth. At the end of our journey, summarize the journey for us. Include an appropriate picture link for each destination that we visited, caption it appropriately, and give photo credit if known. Then announce that we are returning to earth. Select a travel time and calculate our travel speed following the guidelines above. Announce our travel speed in miles per hour and/or fraction of the speed of light, "c," and announce our travel time.