dyne All American 7323 Posts user info edit post |
http://applicants.mars-one.com/
http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/22/world/mars-one-way-ticket/index.html?hpt=hp_t5 4/23/2013 10:21:39 AM
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RattlerRyan All American 8660 Posts user info edit post |
Neat 4/23/2013 10:31:02 AM
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Bullet All American 28597 Posts user info edit post |
One-way ticket to Pluto?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6hBGr_GauM 4/23/2013 10:34:31 AM
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NeuseRvrRat hello Mr. NSA! 35386 Posts user info edit post |
higher than high, feelin' just right?
desperation on the red line? 4/23/2013 10:41:09 AM
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Geppetto All American 2157 Posts user info edit post |
If I were 18 - 21, I would definitely apply. 4/23/2013 10:44:58 AM
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Mr. Joshua Swimfanfan 43948 Posts user info edit post |
Get your ass to Mars
Get your ass to Mars
Get your ass to Mars 4/23/2013 10:48:27 AM
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BigMan157 no u 103356 Posts user info edit post |
what a strange way to commit suicide 4/23/2013 10:51:27 AM
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justinh524 Sprots Talk Mod 28491 Posts user info edit post |
yeah this is a scam. 4/23/2013 11:23:06 AM
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Jax883 All American 5562 Posts user info edit post |
New penal system in the making. Worked for Australia didn't it? 4/23/2013 12:00:18 PM
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JayMCnasty All American 14180 Posts user info edit post |
i just scammed all over myself 4/23/2013 12:02:02 PM
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JeffreyBSG All American 10165 Posts user info edit post |
I would assume free meals will be provided
if you're dirt poor and don't feel like working for a living, I suppose this would not be the worst thing to do with your life
of course, the ship doesn't depart until 2022, so you've gotta find something to do in the meantime (i.e the next 10 years) 4/23/2013 2:59:09 PM
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Fermat All American 47007 Posts user info edit post |
im down for this
unless i find a reason legitimizing my decision not to commit suicide when I was 11. Then I'm not down for this and you are a terrible person 4/23/2013 3:01:47 PM
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dyne All American 7323 Posts user info edit post |
I think the idea behind this is makes sense, i just don't think mars is the right candidate for it.
Until we find an actual celestial body capable of supporting life (habitable zone, liquid water) then there's no point in sending a colonization mission. But since any exoplanet would likely be 20+ light years away, even with a realistic propulsion system it would have to be more of a generation ship in which it would require several hundred years just to reach it. 4/23/2013 3:06:56 PM
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Fermat All American 47007 Posts user info edit post |
if it was titan, then i'd be down for it no matter but nooooo we gotta sink another moisture detector into their salt flats at the poles dont we
this is what makes science a religion and anyone who doesn't see it is unworthy of reproduction 4/23/2013 3:10:08 PM
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AndyMac All American 31924 Posts user info edit post |
Extra-solar colonization is for suckers.
O'Neill cylinders or other space settlements are where it's at.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O'Neill_cylinder 4/24/2013 12:46:10 AM
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moron All American 34469 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I think the idea behind this is makes sense, i just don't think mars is the right candidate for it.
Until we find an actual celestial body capable of supporting life (habitable zone, liquid water) then there's no point in sending a colonization mission. But since any exoplanet would likely be 20+ light years away, even with a realistic propulsion system it would have to be more of a generation ship in which it would require several hundred years just to reach it." |
It makes perfect sense, even if it's not as sensible as another mission.
You can't learn all the variables involved with colonization until you try it.
These Mars colonists will have an extremely tough time (if this isn't a joke or doesn't otherwise fail), and the lessons learned (most likely from their deaths) will be critical in designing any other long-term colonization mission.
It's also fantastic that we're enough seriously discussing this...
On a related note, why don't we do a mission where we just dump a bunch of biological material onto Mars, and see what happens? LIke molds and plants known to thrive in colder dry climates? So what if we mess up 1 planet? Seems like it'd be interesting...
[Edited on April 24, 2013 at 1:24 AM. Reason : ] 4/24/2013 1:21:18 AM
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BanjoMan All American 9609 Posts user info edit post |
^ lol, that could very well be how life was spawned on THIS planet 4/24/2013 2:07:56 AM
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BanjoMan All American 9609 Posts user info edit post |
dp
[Edited on April 24, 2013 at 2:12 AM. Reason : dp] 4/24/2013 2:12:04 AM
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jaZon All American 27048 Posts user info edit post |
i would do this in a fucking heartbeat 4/24/2013 2:40:00 AM
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0EPII1 All American 42565 Posts user info edit post |
I would so do this if I was single.
I might still apply.
I read all the pages on their site, and it sounds very very tough, especially the journey there. 4/24/2013 6:23:05 AM
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Wraith All American 27283 Posts user info edit post |
This shit isn't gonna work. The project and company will fail long before 2022. 4/24/2013 9:54:52 AM
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swoakley All American 1725 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "The idea of starting a colony on Mars in 10 years seems so out of this world..." |
Silly puns in news articles, this one was resistible.
[Edited on April 24, 2013 at 10:00 AM. Reason : Clearly not, but should have been.] 4/24/2013 9:59:36 AM
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Smath74 All American 93281 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "This shit isn't gonna work. The project and company will fail long before 2022." |
Agreed. 4/24/2013 11:50:36 AM
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