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I'd heard of thie idea of sending a couple on a long duration flight to Mars, but I'd not heard about this idea of landing on a one way trip
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-22338...
http://mars-one.com/en/about-mars-one/about-mars-o...
Much as I love the idea of sending a manned misson to Mars, the idea of going knowing you will die there seems a little crazy to me.
I wonder if it's possibly to nominate Piers Morgan for the trip?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-22338...
http://mars-one.com/en/about-mars-one/about-mars-o...
Much as I love the idea of sending a manned misson to Mars, the idea of going knowing you will die there seems a little crazy to me.
I wonder if it's possibly to nominate Piers Morgan for the trip?
No different to what people did on earth for thousands of years. Up until fairly recent times, if you left your home country to live far away (Australia say) you went knowing you would never be coming back.
The problem with this specific project is that it is being run as an "entertainment" TV project and will therefore attract all the wrong sorts of people. And I have yet to hear what technology they plan to use to get to Mars and then survive there.
I've heard NASA astronauts state that they would be willing to undertake a one-way mission to Mars.
The problem with this specific project is that it is being run as an "entertainment" TV project and will therefore attract all the wrong sorts of people. And I have yet to hear what technology they plan to use to get to Mars and then survive there.
I've heard NASA astronauts state that they would be willing to undertake a one-way mission to Mars.
Agreed, seeing as reality TV shows tend to pick thier participants specifically to get personality clashes you'd hope this lot do something diffferent. I can maybe understand a NASA astronaut who already knows a lot about what it would be like saying they'd do a one way trip, but you've got to wonder about the mentality of some of the people who'd sign up knowing nothing about it.
I don't see a problem with a non-return trip to Mars - I'm on a one-way mission on Planet Earth as it is.
(If I was the first astronaut to get to Mars, and I'd nearly run out of supplies, and it was time to take that last walk out into the desert and say goodbye, the last thing I'd do before switching off my radio would be - shout "WHAT'S THAT? IT'S ALIVE!" :-) )
(If I was the first astronaut to get to Mars, and I'd nearly run out of supplies, and it was time to take that last walk out into the desert and say goodbye, the last thing I'd do before switching off my radio would be - shout "WHAT'S THAT? IT'S ALIVE!" :-) )
bashful said:
I don't see a problem with a non-return trip to Mars - I'm on a one-way mission on Planet Earth as it is.
Main difference being, you have your freedom and a huge society on Earth. You can go to the shops, watch tv, go to the cinema, go bowling, go buy a car and go for a hoon, go to the pub, meet new people, move house if you like, etc, etc.On Mars, you'd be stuck in the same building, with the same people, with nothing much to do. It would be very similar to a life sentence in solitary confinement.
I'd sort of understand if you were a scientist, physicist, geologist etc. where you could study the climate, rocks, and the planet as a whole, but surely even then, you'd eventually get bored and run out of rocks or weather cycles.
TheTurbonator said:
I'd sort of understand if you were a scientist, physicist, geologist etc. where you could study the climate, rocks, and the planet as a whole, but surely even then, you'd eventually get bored and run out of rocks or weather cycles.
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