Anyone fancy a one-way trip to Mars? - Off Topic - FM24/25 Update

Franck

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Found an article about a Dutch consortium called Mars One who intend to send 4 individuals on a one-way trip to Mars by 2023 and hope to finance the $6 billion project by making the manned-mission a reality TV show.

While I highly doubt that they'll be successful this has really caught my imagination. Do any of you think you'd be willing to make that trip?

Footygamer

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22 Sep 2012 13:22:14

One way? No of course not. I don't know how long it'd take, but even if it took like 2 years i'd be up for it. But one way? Don't be ridiculous

Franck

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22 Sep 2012 13:33:42

Trip there is 7 months, apparently.

Their plan is to keep sending 4 people every 2 years and that by 2033 over 20 people will be living in a colony on Mars.

Telegram Sam

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22 Sep 2012 13:40:56

Hell no. Who would want to go?

The Platypus

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22 Sep 2012 13:43:04

I don't even like flying in regular planes.

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By Telegram Sam | Permalink | On 22 September 2012 - 14:40 PM

Hell no. Who would want to go?

They've already had numerous volunteers. I guess it's a pioneering spirit and the desire to get your name in the history book that drives the volunteers for something like this.

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22 Sep 2012 14:57:01

And the desire to have your slow death televised?

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22 Sep 2012 15:02:08

I can't imagine anything more hellish than been stuck on a barren lump of rock millions of miles from home.

Franck

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22 Sep 2012 15:35:04

By Phoenix Arrow | Permalink | On 22 September 2012 - 15:57 PM

And the desire to have your slow death televised?

They plan to build a sustainable colony.

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By Franck | Permalink | On 22 September 2012 - 16:35 PM

They plan to build a sustainable colony.

The colony can be sustainable is it likes, it's still going to be televised. Presumably they're going have a team of doctors on Mars and the supply of food isn't going to be endless.
If the topic was a group of scientists has found backing and wants to set up a base on Mars then that would be cool. But something about this doesn't sit well with me. Also, why Mars and not the Moon? Sounds like running before you can walk.

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22 Sep 2012 15:46:25

Presumably it's because Mars has far more useful minerals and has water locked in ice sheets.

Telegram Sam

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22 Sep 2012 15:49:51

This will never happen, anyway. If in 2023 we're watching a bunch of clowns fucking about on Mars then feel free to call me out on this.

Phoenix Arrow

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22 Sep 2012 15:56:04

It's also almost 200 times further away, the useful minerals aren't really going to be that useful when they're that far away. Don't get me wrong, I like the idea from a scientific view. I like the idea of sending a group of scientists there to see what's what but this just seems a bit odd.

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I would go. To be honest it would be refreshing, knowing that there is no one there to stop you from acting out your deepest desires. There are no laws in space.

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By Telegram Sam | Permalink | On 22 September 2012 - 16:49 PM

This will never happen, anyway. If in 2023 we're watching a bunch of clowns fucking about on Mars then feel free to call me out on this.

Done.

Franck

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22 Sep 2012 18:20:52

I get the feeling none of you actually read the website.

Deano

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22 Sep 2012 18:21:35

No, not really

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By duckeggmoon | Permalink | On 22 September 2012 - 19:00 PM

Done.

Obtuse

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22 Sep 2012 21:12:29

Emailing them later

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By Obtuse | Permalink | On 22 September 2012 - 22:12 PM

Emailing them later

Fuck yes.

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By Carroll. | Permalink | On 22 September 2012 - 23:02 PM

Fuck yes.

They'll likely just drug people and put them in the middle of the desert.

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23 Sep 2012 00:42:18

I wouldn't mind doing this if it was for a few years, but definitely not if it was for a lifetime. I guess most people feel the same, though. I might e-mail them and see what happens.