Mars: One Way

Griff · 10-21-2010, 08:29 PM

And since the greatest portion of expenses will be incurred by the safe return of the crew and spacecraft to Earth, the authors conclude that a manned one-way mission to Mars would both cut costs and help initiate Martian colonization.

"It would really be little different from the first white settlers of the North American continent, who left Europe with little expectation of return," said Davies, a cosmologist at from Arizona State University in Phoenix. "Explorers such as Columbus, Frobisher, Scott and Amundsen, while not embarking on their voyages with the intention of staying at their destination, nevertheless took huge personal risks to explore new lands, in the knowledge that there was a significant likelihood that they would perish in the attempt."

Stay. That is a pretty simple very sensible idea drawn from history.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-21-2010, 10:33 PM

"...significant likelihood that they would perish in the attempt." Is not the same as definite knowledge that they're fucked.

Lamplighter · 10-21-2010, 11:14 PM

Maybe the same idea and risks when the Polynesians set out to sea,
and ended up discovering (all ?) the islands of the South Pacific.

Just thinking about that gives me chills...

footfootfoot · 10-21-2010, 11:21 PM

I wonder WTF those folks are smoking to draw a comparison between travel to another part of a planet that you know supports life and travel to another planet that you know does not support life.

Reminds me of the radio station ID that went "The songs we play may not be your favorites but they have a lot of the same notes." Same logic.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-21-2010, 11:35 PM

I'm sure there are people that would volunteer to go on a one way, I'm also sure there would people adamantly against allowing, financing it, or even officially condoning it.

Crimson Ghost · 10-22-2010, 02:41 AM

I'll go.

Shawnee123 · 10-22-2010, 07:35 AM

*looks for sign-up sheet*

glatt · 10-22-2010, 07:38 AM

I bet the Canadian military pilot who flew Queen Elizabeth around and was just convicted of two murders and will spend the rest of his life in prison would be both qualified to go and would want to go instead of going to prison.

Spexxvet · 10-22-2010, 07:40 AM

Read Red Mars, by Kim Stanley Robinson, for a completely fictional, yet entertaining, stroy of how it would work. Don't bother reading Green Mars or Blue Mars.

footfootfoot · 10-22-2010, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

I bet the Canadian military pilot who flew Queen Elizabeth around and was just convicted of two murders and will spend the rest of his life in prison would be both qualified to go and would want to go instead of going to prison.

I missed that item.

Just googled it and saw this line:

Quote:

Many are wondering how a man trusted with the country's most sensitive military secrets could have, for so long, kept so many secrets of his own.

Umm, wouldn't that be exactly the type of person you'd want to entrust with secrets? I mean someone who can keep a secret?

jimhelm · 10-22-2010, 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

Read Red Mars, by Kim Stanley Robinson, for a completely fictional, yet entertaining, stroy of how it would work. Don't bother reading Green Mars or Blue Mars.

agreed. i got 2/3 of the way through red mars.. poorly written and boring.

and i'm easy to entertain.

Lamplighter · 10-22-2010, 09:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

I bet the Canadian military pilot who flew Queen Elizabeth around and was just convicted of two murders and will spend the rest of his life in prison would be both qualified to go and would want to go instead of going to prison.

That might be (or become) a solo mission

Pete Zicato · 10-22-2010, 11:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

I bet the Canadian military pilot who flew Queen Elizabeth around and was just convicted of two murders and will spend the rest of his life in prison would be both qualified to go and would want to go instead of going to prison.

Mars. The new Australia.

glatt · 10-22-2010, 11:23 AM

exactly

Gravdigr · 11-09-2010, 01:51 PM

The big difference between the pilgrims coming here, and staying, and us going to Mars, to stay: Existing food/water. We had it when the pilgrims came here.

There is no food on Mars. And no weed.

10-21-2010, 08:29 PM	#1
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Mars: One Way And since the greatest portion of expenses will be incurred by the safe return of the crew and spacecraft to Earth, the authors conclude that a manned one-way mission to Mars would both cut costs and help initiate Martian colonization. "It would really be little different from the first white settlers of the North American continent, who left Europe with little expectation of return," said Davies, a cosmologist at from Arizona State University in Phoenix. "Explorers such as Columbus, Frobisher, Scott and Amundsen, while not embarking on their voyages with the intention of staying at their destination, nevertheless took huge personal risks to explore new lands, in the knowledge that there was a significant likelihood that they would perish in the attempt." Stay. That is a pretty simple very sensible idea drawn from history. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-21-2010, 10:33 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	"...significant likelihood that they would perish in the attempt." Is not the same as definite knowledge that they're fucked. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-21-2010, 11:21 PM	#4
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I wonder WTF those folks are smoking to draw a comparison between travel to another part of a planet that you know supports life and travel to another planet that you know does not support life. Reminds me of the radio station ID that went "The songs we play may not be your favorites but they have a lot of the same notes." Same logic. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

10-21-2010, 11:35 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I'm sure there are people that would volunteer to go on a one way, I'm also sure there would people adamantly against allowing, financing it, or even officially condoning it. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-22-2010, 02:41 AM	#6
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	I'll go. __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

10-21-2010, 11:14 PM	#3
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Maybe the same idea and risks when the Polynesians set out to sea, and ended up discovering (all ?) the islands of the South Pacific. Just thinking about that gives me chills...

10-22-2010, 07:35 AM	#7
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	looks for sign-up sheet __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-22-2010, 07:38 AM	#8
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I bet the Canadian military pilot who flew Queen Elizabeth around and was just convicted of two murders and will spend the rest of his life in prison would be both qualified to go and would want to go instead of going to prison.

10-22-2010, 07:40 AM	#9
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Read Red Mars, by Kim Stanley Robinson, for a completely fictional, yet entertaining, stroy of how it would work. Don't bother reading Green Mars or Blue Mars. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

10-22-2010, 11:23 AM	#14
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	exactly

11-09-2010, 01:51 PM	#15
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	The big difference between the pilgrims coming here, and staying, and us going to Mars, to stay: Existing food/water. We had it when the pilgrims came here. There is no food on Mars. And no weed. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

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