Mars workers needed

Mars workers needed

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Simpo Two

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87,097 posts

272 months

Friday 24th June 2016
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If only...

'Explorers Wanted on the Journey to Mars. Hike the solar system's largest canyon, Valles Marineris on Mars, where you can catch blue sunsets in the twilight, and see the two moons of Mars (Phobos and Deimos) in the night sky.'

http://mars.nasa.gov/multimedia/resources/mars-pos...

Sorry but no accountants needed Eric!

Eric Mc

122,858 posts

272 months

Friday 24th June 2016
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I can add other types of numbers.

tapkaJohnD

1,993 posts

211 months

Monday 27th June 2016
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The HI-SEAS project is already simulating what Mars workers will need to do.
http://hi-seas.org/

In a tiny dome 2.5 kilometers high on Mauna Loa volcano, Hawaii, six international scientists, engineers and a doctor are living, as if they were on Mars. Messages 'home' have a delay of three-quarters of an hour before they get a reply, they only go outside in a "spacesuit", their food is stored "on board" and only replenished at the end of the year long mission. The current mission is the fourth such, and is about to end - so volunteer now!

JOhn

Eric Mc

122,858 posts

272 months

Monday 27th June 2016
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No accountants then frown

Surely they need their tax returns doing?

Simpo Two

Original Poster:

87,097 posts

272 months

Monday 27th June 2016
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tapkaJohnD said:
The HI-SEAS project is already simulating what Mars workers will need to do.
http://hi-seas.org/
It's not the first: http://www.amusingplanet.com/2016/05/devon-island-... One site there and one in Utah.

Now let's consider the crew:

Test Pilot
Test Pilot
Test Pilot
Test Pilot
Accountant

Hmm...



marshalla

15,902 posts

208 months

Monday 27th June 2016
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Simpo Two said:
Now let's consider the crew:

Test Pilot
Test Pilot
Test Pilot
Test Pilot
Accountant
You mean

Yellow Shirt
Blue Shirt
Blue Shirt
Blue Shirt
Red Shirt ?



Eric Mc

122,858 posts

272 months

Monday 27th June 2016
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Should I get suspicious when they ask me to pop out of the module to go to the local post box to drop off their tax forms?

Simpo Two

Original Poster:

87,097 posts

272 months

Monday 27th June 2016
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Yes. I think you should retrain as a geologist, or fixer of life-support systems.

Simpo Two

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272 months

Tuesday 28th June 2016
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On reflection, somebody will be needed to add up how many tins of baked beans are left...

Eric Mc

122,858 posts

272 months

Tuesday 28th June 2016
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I would expect baked beans will make an ideal food stuff on Mars as one of the by-products of baked bean consumption is methane gas - and that, as a very effective greenhouse gas, will help terraform the planet.

Simpo Two

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272 months

Tuesday 28th June 2016
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A plan is forming...

BTW my accountant produces vast quantities of methane; pickled eggs appear to have much more potential than baked beans.

Eric Mc

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272 months

Tuesday 28th June 2016
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We're buidkling up a nice, healthy food manifest here. We need to notify NASA -

Baked beans
Pickled eggs

Anything else?

SpudLink

6,446 posts

199 months

Tuesday 28th June 2016
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I get the feeling you guys are planning a Hitchhiker's Guide type scenario. Tell the accountants they will have their own spaceship. Then after it's launched, everyone else stays behind and has a good laugh.

Eric Mc

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272 months

Tuesday 28th June 2016
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As long as this accountant gets to go on the "proper" one. I've seen The Martian. I know what to do. And, being Irish, I'm an expert on spuds.

Simpo Two

Original Poster:

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272 months

Tuesday 28th June 2016
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Eric Mc said:
We're buidkling up a nice, healthy food manifest here. We need to notify NASA -

Baked beans
Pickled eggs

Anything else?
Vegetable curry.

Looks like it will be breathing masks on all the way... but what price free terraforming?

tapkaJohnD

1,993 posts

211 months

Tuesday 28th June 2016
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Baked bean counting?
Skills in growing potatoes on poo more like it.
No, really, not just from the film. Self sufficiency in some form is going to be essential.
JOhn

Eric Mc

122,858 posts

272 months

Tuesday 28th June 2016
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Absolutely. I've grown some potatoes in my back garden - including a species called "Rocket". As you can see, I'm more than qualified to go to Mars.

jmorgan

36,010 posts

291 months

Tuesday 28th June 2016
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Simpo Two said:
On reflection, somebody will be needed to add up how many tins of baked beans are left...
Hopefully loads in an enclosed living area.

Simpo Two

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87,097 posts

272 months

Wednesday 29th June 2016
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tapkaJohnD said:
Skills in growing potatoes on poo more like it.
A crop of Mars Bars should grow very well...


getmecoat

jmorgan

36,010 posts

291 months

Wednesday 29th June 2016
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Go on, where is that picture, is there water on mars......