"Tube Map" Created For the Milky Way

astroengine writes "Assuming you had an interstellar spaceship, how would you navigate around the galaxy? For starters, you'd probably need a map. But there's billions of stars out there — how complex would that map need to be? Actually, Samuel Arbesman, a research fellow from Harvard, has come up with a fun solution. He created the 'Milky Way Transit Authority (MWTA),' a simple transit system in the style of the iconic London Underground 'Tube Map.' (Travel Tip: Don't spend too much time loitering around the station at Carina, there's some demolition work underway.)"

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Don't forget to...

[Some.Net(Guy)]

Mind the gap!

Re:Don't forget to...

[Goffee71]

What is the galactic equivalent of Mornington Crescent?

Re:Don't forget to...

[Captain Splendid]

What is the galactic equivalent of Mornington Crescent?

Even on that scale, I think it's still Detroit.

And remember...

[gestalt_n_pepper]

First class gets extra inertial damping. It costs more but it's soooo worth it.

Re:And remember...

[Mashiki]

To be goo, or not to be goo. That is the question.

Well

[CSHARP123]

My job is located at Galaxy Center. But I live at The Hamptons. The problem is, I have to take Brown line and yellow line to reach the center, It takes for ever and in some locations the AT&T signals are not that good and I cannot do anything with my iPad. Well that's life...

The galaxy is a series of Tubes ....

[tomhudson]

Sorry, it had to be said.

Actually, the interstellar transport system is like a box of chocolates ... you never know where you're going to end up. It was prototyped from an airport luggage handling system - more specifically, Denver.

Nobody's ever complained. Then again, nobody's ever come back.

Oh great...

[Overzeetop]

...we ended up on a fucking spur line. Why is it I always have to transfer every time I want to go somewhere cool!

Re:So let me get this straight...

[Knara]

The butthurt is strong with this one.

Planning commission biased as always

[RichMan]

How did Sol rate even a minor station. A crummy little G2 minor league star.
I suspect undue influence at the planning commission or city council for this station to even exist.

Re:Planning commission biased as always

[Megane]

You haven't heard the news? They're planning to build an interstellar bypass through there. The plans have been on file at Alpha Centauri for years. It's not their fault if you haven't been around to check them.

Re:Planning commission biased as always

[Throtex]

How does that even work, when the universe's population is zero?

Universe
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Population:
None. Although you might see people from time to time, they are most likely products of your imagination. Simple mathematics tells us that the population of the Universe must be zero. Why? Well given that the volume of the universe is infinite there must be an infinite number of worlds. But not all of them are populated; therefore only a finite number are. Any finite number divided by infinity is zero, therefore the average population of the Universe is zero, and so the total population must be zero.

Mind the gap, please!

[judolphin]

Mind the gap, please!... or be SUCKED INTO OUTER SPACE!

Ah, Asteroids - the icebergs of the sky

[uberjack]

If we swerve wildly around those, we might get some sort of gravity-boost or something

This map is completely unreliable

[Token_Internet_Girl]

I don't see the systems for Terminus, Vulcan, or Hoth anywhere on the map!

Re:This map is completely unreliable

[cmiller173]

IIRC Hoth is in a "Galaxy far far away..." which would be outside the scope of this map. Please step down the concourse to the intergalactic departures desk for the assistance you need.