Category Archives: Space humor

Video: Space elevator humor

Ted Semon of the The Space Elevator Blog has collected links to all 39 episodes of a series of funny film shorts about four guys on a lift to space : Elevator To Space -The Space Elevator Blog

Several years ago, 4 comics (Alex Koll, Sean Keane, Louis Katz & Chris Garcia) got together to create several short, funny, space-elevator vignettes entitled Elevator To Space.  The premise was four guys in a (building) elevator, riding it up to space.  They created 39 of these videos and they range from mildly humorous to laugh-out-loud funny.

Here are a couple of examples starting with an illustration of how to deal with elevator music on a space elevator:

And the drawbacks of a Mexican style birthday party in a space elevator:

‘Red Planet Respite’ – a play on Mars

Red Planet Respite is a play by

Written by Katherine Harroff, in collaboration with Soroya Rowley, Patrick Young, Karen Knierman, the ASU [Arizona State University] School of Theatre, Film, and Dance, the School of Earth and Space Exploration, and the Mars Space Flight Facility.

In the year 2044 GlobalCom Venture Capitals, an American corporation, has developed the first interactive resort experience on Mars with the Marsimerica space research institution. Red Planet Respite is the story of the premiere crew sent to test out the luxurious resort intended for the socially elite. An unexpected phenomenon that takes place in the universe during their voyage forces the crew to face consequences and psychological extremities they could never prepare for.

The play was first performed at ASU and is being staged this month at the Circle Circle dot dot Community-Based Theatre in La Jolla, California near San Diego : Show about Mars exploration launches Circle Circle Dot Dot residency at Playhouse. – UTSanDiego.com

For details on times and tickets, see Current show – Red Planet Respite

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