or has different priorities than you.

Why? they'd spend the rest of their life on a soundstage in Burbank.

No, but we may consider asking Bush or Hitlery to go... :lol2:

Well, we've already sent up dogs and monkeys. My only issue is that it might be an insult to the memory of the brave dogs and monkeys.

I seem to remember a scene from The Right Stuff where they were discussing that option for the moon mission.

This thread reminds me of Elton John's song Rocket Man,

"Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids
in fact it's cold as hell"

It would be a very lonely mission, and no amount of t.v. is going to make up for the lack of human contact.

Whoever went up would have to be a very hardened personality, maybe someone with a special forces background who was trained for extreme adversity.

I don't know about the States, but the press over here absolutely love a hero story, and I'd imagine you'd be guaranteed a prize place in history, if that's your thing.

Welcome to the Cellar, Mad Professor. :D
You wouldn't be ARIWA's Mad Professor, would you?

Surely it would have to be someone who could provide meaningful data in return. I mean it's not really just sending someone onto a planet to live alone, it's sending someone to explore and provide information without the option of returning.

The world was populated by tribes and individuals who took journeys uncertain of the outcome.

I'd do it. I may not have the right skills or psychological make-up for it, but it doesn't seem like a whack-job suicide mission to me. It would be a chance to push the boundaries of experience and existence. My only fear would be that the world (Earth) would erupt in some sort of global conflict or revolution in my absence. Millions of miles from home, no way to live independently, running out of supplies and no contact with another human being... Hmmmm. Think I've hit the snag. I'm too much of a worrier.

So you're saying I'd be a poor choice, due to my notorious introversion?

"Captain Steve, come in.... We're eager to receive your geological report!"

"Get lost, I don't feel like talking to anybody!!"

If the space helmet fits Mr Dallas...

Hehe, thanks for the welcome, that's where I got the name from, but I'm not the man himself, I was just taken with the name.

Also, this is one of my favourite albums:

http://albumcovers.toomanyvoices.com...on-301x300.jpg

Looking forward to getting to know you all :)

OK. You're still welcome anyway. :D

There are genuine hermits about who already chose to live life with little or no human companionship... train one of them up to do it, so long as they can stand been around people long enough to be trained...

I'd not do it but I can imagine people who would...