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Wanted: People willing to die on Mars
- Thread starter Ape Gone Insane
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Depends where Earth and Mars are relative to each other. They actually get relatively close in their orbits at times.
I dont think I wanna die like this
I'd rater die that way (and there) than here on Earth in a rampage of some wacko with a gun or run over by a drunk driver
Confusion Illusion
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Scientists should start genetically engineering humans for doing stuff like this. They should call them.....replicants.
Messypandas
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At the cost of almost a million per Lb? I doubt it
Count Dookkake
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Will they give these people air?
Why ship anything but increasingly sophisticated 3D printers and additional satellite nodes to complete the Interplanetary Internet?
CornBurrito
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Not solitary at all if they send more than one person.
My point was that we're not exploring Mars to stay "pioneers" forever. There's an ultimate goal. And that "crap" is going to be on Mars one day.
ChosenPredator
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aren't hurricanes on mars like bigger then earth?
SquiddyCracker
Banned
One thing is for sure though:
The crew would either have to be of one sex, or sterilized beyond reasonable doubt (e.g, removal of fallopian tubes or testicles).
You simply cannot risk a pregnancy on Mars. For one, it would be unethical to raise a child completely devoid of peer interaction, but the vey pregnancy itself might cause unpredecented developmental abnormalities due to the reduced gravity of Mars. You cannot rely on abortive pills or abortion surgery, as you'll want to reduce the risk of one of your billion-dollar worth crewmen dying from internal bleedings.
The crew would either have to be of one sex, or sterilized beyond reasonable doubt (e.g, removal of fallopian tubes or testicles).
You simply cannot risk a pregnancy on Mars. For one, it would be unethical to raise a child completely devoid of peer interaction, but the vey pregnancy itself might cause unpredecented developmental abnormalities due to the reduced gravity of Mars. You cannot rely on abortive pills or abortion surgery, as you'll want to reduce the risk of one of your billion-dollar worth crewmen dying from internal bleedings.
Moon base on Mars? Makes sense.
SillyEskimo
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Mars is like half the size of earth so I'll say no.
Yeah indeed. I would actually strongly consider something like this if we're put on a one way spaceship to an unvisited planet like earth, where we can walk and breathe freely and the water is drinkable. And with other forms of life.
CornBurrito
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Yeah people seem to be forgetting that animals are highly adapted to specific environments. A pregnancy on Mars sounds like a disaster.
TOM f'N CRUISE
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wonder how long it would take for all of them to kill each other
If this were the case, I'd sign up in a heartbeat. But Mars? Nothing to do, nothing to see, and you can't leave.
Sounds like an awesome time. I mean, we have barren, desolate places here on EARTH.
I'd never do this. There is so much to do, see and live on Earth, that I'd really not want to waste my life away on Mars. That planet is one giant wasteland. There is nothing stimulating about it.
On the other hand, feel free to rocket me to Jupiter when I'm 70. Not a bad way to go out.
On the other hand, feel free to rocket me to Jupiter when I'm 70. Not a bad way to go out.
Given our current technology (and cost of said technology), both the Moon and Mars are similarly habitable for humans I'd say. Except the moon is far closer and has no atmosphere to worry about, so you could literally get away with 1960's technology to land people on it and return them, and build things there for far less, and in a much shorter time period.
The experience that could be gained running a human moon settlement would be valuable for future trips to Mars and should be the priority in my own opinion. Sure, send humans on return trips to Mars in Apollo style missions in the mean time, but in terms of base building I'd say we need to try things out on the Moon first.
ChosenPredator
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How about instead of that we build a multiple space stations and we call them the USS Enterprise
Messypandas
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You do realise this is literally how colonisation's start? You have to start somewhere. These guys set up base camps which will be expanded when more vessels arrive. The end goal is creating a self-sustaining eco-system. It takes decades, maybe more.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
If I had videogames over there, I'd go
Makes me think that theory about us humans being nothing more than a virus makes sense. We end up somewhere, multiply and destroy. Next stop mars!
Douglas Quaid
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I'm ready.
NBA Jam: Mars Edition
That sounds a lot like my life already.
Sure, it's comparable from a psychological point of view, if there were 1000-4000 people on Mars. And if communication didn't require and a huge six minute lead up time. If also the atmosphere was perfectly livable, albeit freezing-ass-cold (Mars still has the freezing part, at least).
It's also comparable in other ways, If Mars had 28 air landing strips and 30+ helicopter landing strips, and could make daily landings six months of the year, and if boats could make the trip the rest of the time of the year, and if the cost of such trips were in the thousands instead of billions. And if...
I would do it.
Hell, even though it would be an absolutely horrible experience and I would miss friends / family, I would even do it if the only option was solo.
Something like this is about being the first people to ever put their feet on another planet. It would actually be legendary. Your name would be remembered forever.
Hell, even though it would be an absolutely horrible experience and I would miss friends / family, I would even do it if the only option was solo.
Something like this is about being the first people to ever put their feet on another planet. It would actually be legendary. Your name would be remembered forever.
TheChewyWaffles
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The good news is SimCity would function normally.
lol. Didn't know this was an initiative by a Dutch company. It just had to be a Dutch company that found the cheapest way possible plus make a reality show out of it. Is John de Mol producing it? For those who don't know he's the mastermind behind the Big Brother TV show and Dutch.
Nah we should send Justin Bieber instead.
Couldn't you extract oxygen from ice? I mean ins't the whole mission is pretty much based on landing in the right spot where there is ice underground?
We've had it since 1969.
Rhomega Beta
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My first thought was "Hell ya, sign me up right now". I mean being one of the first people to step on another planet? My name would go down in history, I would be immortalized.
But then I started thinking of everything I would miss here on earth, my bros growing up and getting married, my baby cousin growing up, I would never see my family in person ever again
I think the only people who can really go are those who have no family or close friends, pretty much loners in every possible way. Those who have nothing to live for, but wanna live anyways.
I mean a lot of people are saying they would, but I'd be willing to bet that most would chicken out right before their final flight. Life on earth offers way too much to everyone living here.
But then I started thinking of everything I would miss here on earth, my bros growing up and getting married, my baby cousin growing up, I would never see my family in person ever again
I think the only people who can really go are those who have no family or close friends, pretty much loners in every possible way. Those who have nothing to live for, but wanna live anyways.
I mean a lot of people are saying they would, but I'd be willing to bet that most would chicken out right before their final flight. Life on earth offers way too much to everyone living here.
Yep. They start with a one way mission but based on an expanding permanent presence on the planet.
NEOPARADIGM
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I love this question.
My heart says fuck yeah, my brain says I wouldn't have the balls unless things here on Earth were really bad.
My heart says fuck yeah, my brain says I wouldn't have the balls unless things here on Earth were really bad.
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