Mars One (way ticket)

[Ambalon]

Plus, if some aliens ever get on our solar system after we're extinct, imagine how much cooler it'd be for them to find human fossils on Earth and Mars.

 

[Cyborg Eastern European]

"Aww ****. Twenty thousand parsecs for this?"

 

[Lord Tim]

If they enter our solar system, I'm sure they'll find failed interplanetary travelling very cute

 

[Cyborg Eastern European]

Ya don't say.

 

[Elisianthus]

Because someone who agrees to it is obviously not of right mind.

Oi, I'm planning to apply you know?

 

[Moose!]

I do not believe this is ever going to happen.

That's not very EnthusiasticMoose.

I know, but I refuse to be enthusiastic about an expedition that will likely end with the death of all involved.

 

[Blobmania]

I do not believe this is ever going to happen.

That's not very EnthusiasticMoose.

I know, but I refuse to be enthusiastic about an expedition that will likely end with the death of all involved.

Well, unless they find the fountain of youth on mars, I think you'll find there's no "likely" about it

 

[Harkon Haakonson]

For science!

 

[Cyborg Eastern European]

Well, you know what they say.



Can't obliterate a rich native empire without torching some all of your ships first.

 

[Moose!]

I wonder what the legality of this whole thing is. Obviously, I don't think there are any current laws prohibiting it, but some of the conditions (such as being unable to ever return to Earth  ) seem potentially problematic. There will probably be some big lawsuits once the whole thing ends in ignominious failure.

 

[Harkon Haakonson]

Most likely there will be contracts to be signed by the participants that include all the nasty consequences they will be exposed to in order to protect the company. But after this particular venture, I do expect some serious monitoring and probably regulations on people that decide they want to jet on out of the Earth.

 

[rebelsquirrell]

I see a opportunity for Rallix to create his own libertarian paradise on the service of the ironically "Red Planet."

 

[Swadius 2.0]

Yeah, I don't really believe in it either. You can't just send someone into Space for good.

Ok, feasibility is one thing, but that last part: why not?

Because someone who agrees to it is obviously not of right mind.

Well you know, many of the risks they face are ones that previous explorers faced when taking to the sail. They likely did not know what would happen to them once they set sail to undiscovered lands, and faraway places. Much of what is good today is owed tho those restless few. They have an itch that can only be remedied by venturing off.

 

[FrisianDude]

There would have to be an unlimited supply of cannabis and alcohol for Mars to be remotely habitable.

where do I sign up?

 

[Jarvisimo]

Unfortunately, the charged particles coming from the Sun are very harmful to humans. Now, usually they are deflected by the Earth's magnetic field, but, if one was to travel far away from the Earth, such as Mars, which has a weaker magnetic field, more of these charged particles would reach the humans living there. This could reduce peoples' lifespans quite significantly.

 

[Lord Tim]

Well you know, many of the risks they face are ones that previous explorers faced when taking to the sail. They likely did not know what would happen to them once they set sail to undiscovered lands, and faraway places. Much of what is good today is owed tho those restless few. They have an itch that can only be remedied by venturing off.

Yeah, it's just a few hundred million kilometers away, with a hostile atmosphere and dangerous radiation all the time. And it's not quite undiscovered, they know they're heading into the middle of ****ing nowhere for the rest of their life.

 

[Cyborg Eastern European]

Actually, you're better off comparing these trips by time rather than distance. If your ship sank a month out to sea, you were just as ****ed as you'd be in this case. And they had no idea where they were going, for the most part. At least no accurate idea, anyway. I am talking about the first few rounds, of course, but that still doesn't change much.

And yes, returning will be a bit iffy for the start but that's kind of inevitable at this point. Unless you can make a rocket that can launch the SatV into orbit.

 

[Elisianthus]

Unfortunately, the charged particles coming from the Sun are very harmful to humans. Now, usually they are deflected by the Earth's magnetic field, but, if one was to travel far away from the Earth, such as Mars, which has a weaker magnetic field, more of these charged particles would reach the humans living there. This could reduce peoples' lifespans quite significantly.

Except they cover how that is to be dealt with as well. A few meters of dirt over the colony pods would give them the equivalent of Earth's atmosphere when it came to radiation reduction.

 

[DrBlacksmith]

I'd like them to send Justin Bieber, Joey Essex and Rebecca black to Mars. They'd be such a good show to watch them die!

 

[Cyborg Eastern European]

No. **** you.
Polluted enough planets with that crap.