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cprise

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76. I'm with you.

Sun May 12, 2013, 11:23 PM

May 2013

I don't think Mars colonies are impossible or bad per se; just certain to fail with any technology we're likely to have in the next 20 years.

And its the <i>terms</i> under which those people are being sent that is perhaps the biggest problem: That society would condone such terms. It would be far healthier for humanity overall to start with exploratory missions meant to bring people back.

No... this is a Grade-A, bona-fide corporate sociopath idea. I hope it never gets off the ground.

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78,000 apply for one-way mission to Mars [View all] bemildred May 2013 OP

Yes, Turbineguy May 2013 #1

I'm signing up burnodo May 2013 #2

I wouldn't go. Imagine what could happen to the community. RedCappedBandit May 2013 #3

Hell really IS other people… Imagine being stuck on another planet with them. nt MrScorpio May 2013 #4

I seriously think this is a space-horror movie waiting to happen. nt RedCappedBandit May 2013 #5

It could very well play out that way, but nothing worth having is easy or convenient... dogknob May 2013 #8

Oh, I definitely think this is worth doing. RedCappedBandit May 2013 #17

It drives me nuts, I can tell you. nt bemildred May 2013 #6

I can't even imagine burnodo May 2013 #12

The whole 'never coming back' thing is what gets me. RedCappedBandit May 2013 #18

Four at a time with regular launches of four more. longship May 2013 #39

So 'reality TV' has degenerated into bloodsport. n/t cprise May 2013 #54

Who knows? longship May 2013 #75

Colony?? Its a reality TV show. cprise May 2013 #77

Hence my two posts in this thread. longship May 2013 #80

Mandatory in-flight reading will be "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch". Fire Walk With Me May 2013 #7

Or Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy. bemildred May 2013 #11

What would motivate someone to want to do this? Ruby the Liberal May 2013 #9

Anyone who has ever eaten brussel sprouts has a good reason to leave this planet. nt ZombieHorde May 2013 #24

!! Ruby the Liberal May 2013 #25

Go ahead to Mars. That leaves more Brussesl Sprout for me. :) BlueStreak May 2013 #29

I must disagree with you this time... awoke_in_2003 May 2013 #49

Yes, they're great ZombieHorde May 2013 #50

Well, when I eat them... awoke_in_2003 May 2013 #51

Even Dick Cheney squirms at the thought of feeding others brussels sprouts. nt ZombieHorde May 2013 #52

And anyone who has had to endure the gas of anyone who has eaten brussels sprouts Jamastiene May 2013 #55

Now imagine wearing a space suit after having eaten Brussels sprouts Fumesucker May 2013 #73

There can be many motivations...one being motivated for the possibility of one's life... yawnmaster May 2013 #40

Really hawt Martian women Blue_Tires May 2013 #86

Mars will be populated by the most antisocial people imaginable Shampoobra May 2013 #10

I think there will be some psychological screening going on during the selection process. randome May 2013 #14

and what have the "happy people" done to solve things? burnodo May 2013 #15

"The way the population is being chosen seems almost designed, in advance, to have negative results" lumberjack_jeff May 2013 #21

But in many cases, they brought family members, didn't they? Shampoobra May 2013 #74

Or a toilet, fresh water, or food. Ruby the Liberal May 2013 #26

Sounds rather like getting divorced, at least for a man anyway Fumesucker May 2013 #30

I would, out of the sense of adventure nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #32

Will the accomodations on Mars have mini-bars and spas? Frequent flyer miles? Tierra_y_Libertad May 2013 #13

At least a Starbucks and an iPhone. We're not savages. randome May 2013 #16

On THAT basis alone, bvar22 May 2013 #19

Life is a terminal condition Fumesucker May 2013 #20

Thanks for glibly defending Medieval attitudes about life and death. cprise May 2013 #57

Bless your heart Fumesucker May 2013 #63

NASA astronauts have a substantial expectation of survival cprise May 2013 #79

Not unlike the early colonization of the Americas nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #33

You DID hear this week that archaeologists uncovered .... bvar22 May 2013 #35

Yes, and when we finally send people to mars nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #38

Corporations are now in the business of marketing suicide pacts. cprise May 2013 #53

Then LIFE itself is a suicide mission! They will be building and living out the rest of their... yawnmaster May 2013 #41

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IMHO we are yet far from being able to do this. bemildred May 2013 #23

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A TV-land stunt that is setup to fail seems more like it. cprise May 2013 #66

Exactly. This is basically killing people for entertainment Hugabear May 2013 #68

Oh, but there would be lots of "caring" cprise May 2013 #78

And isn't that just typical? bemildred May 2013 #85

Mars Needs Women! Buns_of_Fire May 2013 #28

Does anyone remember PATRICK May 2013 #31

They are not terra-forming Mars. They are creating livable areas, most likely underground... yawnmaster May 2013 #42

As tempting as it sounds... Incitatus May 2013 #34

I wonder if Hubby put my name down. Ilsa May 2013 #36

A one way trip to Mars? PD Turk May 2013 #37

I'd go. It has always been a life-long dream RebelOne May 2013 #43

How many of those 78,000 were signed up by someone else? Gidney N Cloyd May 2013 #44

It sounds like something out of a Twilight Zone episode. n/t duffyduff May 2013 #46

To Serve Man lovemydog May 2013 #69

You read me perfectly. duffyduff May 2013 #72

I signed up 78,000 lovemydog May 2013 #71

What do you call 78,000 republicans on a one way spaceship? Gidney N Cloyd May 2013 #81

haha! lovemydog May 2013 #82

Republicans are a problem begging for the Golgafrincham solution. lumberjack_jeff May 2013 #83

So it really will be the Red Planet! KamaAina May 2013 #88

Yes, populated by alien creatures lovemydog May 2013 #89

I signed up Rand Paul. MineralMan May 2013 #45

good job! nt flamingdem May 2013 #61

I like the way you think. bemildred May 2013 #84

Will it have privatized prisons? mick063 May 2013 #47

Better than that... cprise May 2013 #59

I wouldn't trust any privatized outfit as far as I can throw it. duffyduff May 2013 #70

I'm with you. cprise May 2013 #76

That is much later. Incitatus May 2013 #62

A one way ticket. randome May 2013 #48

Pure insanity Hugabear May 2013 #56

Even if they do, what are the first 4 people supposed to do? Incitatus May 2013 #65

I will just wait for the movie/reality tv show about the aftermath Jamastiene May 2013 #58

That's really cool. NealK May 2013 #60

I hate to say this, but many will die before we are able to colonize Mars. Dash87 May 2013 #64

Sounds like a tall poppy harvesting operation. JVS May 2013 #67

Okies in spaaaace! MisterP May 2013 #87

Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids Art_from_Ark May 2013 #90