One way ticket to Mars...for real

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Airborne Rifles

I saw an article about this a while back.  Seems Mars One has fleshed out the concept a little more.  I wonder what kind of people would volunteer for something like this.  Thoughts?

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/07/24/is-mars-one-serious-about-suicide-mission-to-red-planet/?intcmp=features

LongBlade

America was built by pioneers heading off to the great unknown. But this might be a bit different. Or maybe not.
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Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

Barthheart

If I was younger and single I'd sign up. Seriously.

The chance to be the first person to set foot on Mars is just too big a opportunity to pass up.

Like LB said the people who first travelled the seas to come to this continent were on a one way trip into the unknown....

besilarius

Considering all the crew issues Columbus had during the trip, probably some of the crews of the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria came to believe it would be a one way trip.
Will future generations look on the trip's leaders in the same way we looked at Chris?
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Keunert

looks like one hell of a boring place.
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LongBlade

Quote from: Keunert on July 25, 2012, 06:23:53 AM
looks like one hell of a boring place.

Well, you got that right. It's one thing to sail off to the unknown to explore new worlds, but this is an entirely new level of "new world." No wood to make a log cabin, no air to breathe, no animals to hunt.

I'm not saying there isn't some adventure there, but the rocks don't exactly look like they're *that* interesting.

What I'm not getting is why this has to be a one-way trip. I think there's some serious lack of imagination going on here.

So we don't have a space elevator. So what? Shoot two rockets into space, one with the people, food and fuel to get there. The other rocket has the fuel and food to make the return voyage.

Once in space, hook them up, send them over and be done with it. Or put them both into orbit over Mars for a rendezvous later. Don't know about you guys, but I think there's too little thinking outside of the box on this project.
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after three years of monk business there's a huge world of gay Spass to discover.
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Airborne Rifles

Quote from: LongBlade on July 25, 2012, 07:00:26 AM

Well, you got that right. It's one thing to sail off to the unknown to explore new worlds, but this is an entirely new level of "new world." No wood to make a log cabin, no air to breathe, no animals to hunt.

I'm not saying there isn't some adventure there, but the rocks don't exactly look like they're *that* interesting.

What I'm not getting is why this has to be a one-way trip. I think there's some serious lack of imagination going on here.

So we don't have a space elevator. So what? Shoot two rockets into space, one with the people, food and fuel to get there. The other rocket has the fuel and food to make the return voyage.

Once in space, hook them up, send them over and be done with it. Or put them both into orbit over Mars for a rendezvous later. Don't know about you guys, but I think there's too little thinking outside of the box on this project.

This is my issue.  The explorers coming to the new world could at least imagine that they might be able to fend for themselves if they had to.  No such hope on Mars I don't think.  I can understand the romance of being the first person to go to another world and with modern communications one could still communicate with people back on earth, but once you are there you are completely dependant on the people who sent you.  Not really a position in which I would want to be.

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Quote from: besilarius on July 25, 2012, 06:17:59 AM
When I was growing up, in a pre Politically Correct era, he was almost universally lauded.

+1  and two thumbs up on that comment. 
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Windigo

Quote from: besilarius on July 25, 2012, 06:17:59 AM
Considering all the crew issues Columbus had during the trip, probably some of the crews of the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria came to believe it would be a one way trip.
Will future generations look on the trip's leaders in the same way we looked at Chris?
When I was growing up, in a pre Politically Correct era, he was almost universally lauded.
Ignorance was bliss when it came to ol'Chris
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Celebrities have been going to space and getting spaced out for years.  Why is this a shock?
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Geeze, if I wanted to live on a planet of rock and dust for the rest of my life, I'd rather move to New Mexico or Nevada.
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