I understand the enthusiasm, but I don't think these people understand the gravity (ho,ho) of being stuck on Mars, of all places.
400 Unqualified Schmucks Sign Up For One-Way Mission to Mars
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It wouldn't be too bad if they could have internet access; it would eliminate the possibility of extreme boredom and the feeling of disconnection.
well if NASA would ever want to do something similair in the near future there wouldnt be a shortatge of volunteers
mmm social darwinism at work me thinks XD
id say let them go. Whats the best that can happen? they succeed and establish an actual mars colony? the worst is they all die.
id say let them go. Whats the best that can happen? they succeed and establish an actual mars colony? the worst is they all die.
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What do you even think happens in university? I mean, most of the university courses where i'm at are mechanics courses, aero-dynamics courses and computing courses. Since when was a university all about writing?
Secondly, that oxygen generator will more than likely be a plant of some sort.
You don't need a backup plan. You just need plenty of expendable assets. And if we can get 400 idiots today, I guarantee we can get 400 idiots tomorrow.Freemon said:
Now all we need is an idiot with far, far too much money to fund the venture.
Pretty funny, but gov'ts better pull their heads out (ie stop bickering and fighting over the coins tossed by their corporate overlords) & consider what may happen if Mars, or any other body in our solar system, is reached by human expeditions that are NOT representative of humanity but rather, private or corporate interests. There's a reason nobody can own Antarctica or the moon.
and when they get to mars they awaken the evil aliens and have t stop them before they destroy them and the earth hmmmm yes that would be good i thinkrandom_bars said:
Well the idea of a space elevator would be to make getting materials (and people) into space for cheaper than now. Now, you have to strap anything you want into space to a few thousand gallons of various chemicals and shoot it into space at insanely fast speeds. Those resourses are very expensive and you can only take up a few people because of that. If you made a space elevator, it would be much less expensive.emeraldrafael said:
You have to worry about meteor strikes and other debris in space all the time. The international space station is coated with 18 inches of kevlar for that reason.
Yes, the elevator would be torn away if the space station left a geosynchronus orbit. So you wouldn't do that for that exact reason. If you are in a geosynchronus orbit, you are always above the same position on earth. So if you don't change your orbit, you can make a shaft that goes down to earth for an elevator.
Imagine the news in 20 years:
"On the lighter side of the news, 400 of the would be martian colonists have all died. Early reports indicate suicide, since the only thing they brought for entertainment were copies of Dynasty Warriors and Jersey Shore seasons 1-42. Next, Sports..."
"On the lighter side of the news, 400 of the would be martian colonists have all died. Early reports indicate suicide, since the only thing they brought for entertainment were copies of Dynasty Warriors and Jersey Shore seasons 1-42. Next, Sports..."
