LGWflyer From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2011, 2348 posts, RR: 1 Posted (1 year 7 months 1 week 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 800 times:
So would you go to Mars if you had the chance? Big difference is no human has ever stepped foot on the planet, so you would be one or the very first to do so! It would be 18 months travel time just to get there, and the risk well... you might never come back to the Earth...
As much as I would, I don't think I could take the risk.
kaitak From Ireland, joined Aug 1999, 11997 posts, RR: 36 Reply 1, posted (1 year 7 months 1 week 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 794 times:
I'll just wait until Emirates flies there - can't be long! (You'll certainly need their IFE for the trip!)
Seriously, though, I think it would be a marvellous chance. And from a scientific point of view, I think it would yield some very important information. True, there would be huge risks and yes, not getting home would be a tad annoying, but the value of the information would make it a very compelling proposition.
MadameConcorde From San Marino, joined Feb 2007, 10350 posts, RR: 40 Reply 3, posted (1 year 7 months 1 week 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 774 times:
I doubt I will ever be given the chance but I can definitely see a spacecraft full of politicians and banksters being shipped to Mars never to return to Earth. I have got a whole list of htem.
There was a better way to fly it was called Concorde
connies4ever From Canada, joined Feb 2006, 3893 posts, RR: 13 Reply 4, posted (1 year 7 months 1 week 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 771 times:
If there was a nuclear propulsion system so that a long, slow co-elliptic transfer could be avoided, then yes. Otherwise, the psychological problems could be really serious. Also: sex. Seriously.
Problems also on the surface, wind causing big dust storms, electrically-charged dust devils, dust everywhere, that could be a health hazard back in the spacecraft (lander), radiation bath -- although the Apollo guys faced that on the Moon as well. Mars is still going to be (at least I hope it will be) a big challenge.
sw733 From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 6105 posts, RR: 10 Reply 5, posted (1 year 7 months 1 week 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 762 times:
At this point in my life...no. I'm settling down, going to get married, hope to start a family. I would certainly go to Mars, but I certainly would not be the first...
If I was single, no ties, no big desire to settle down...sure, why not? As long as the pay was good...you might not make it back to spend that money, but I think that risk alone deserves a darn good chunk of change!
Dig baby dig....first thing you send up are robot diggers.
Quoting sw733 (Reply 5): As long as the pay was good...you might not make it back to spend that money, but I think that risk alone deserves a darn good chunk of change!
You'd probably never have to pay for another drink or meal.
Considering my children are all but raised and on their own...I'd go. One of my favorite scifi trilogies was were the red, blue, and green Mars books. Some of what was discussed is doable with todays technology.
DeltaMD90 From United States of America, joined Apr 2008, 5376 posts, RR: 47 Reply 7, posted (1 year 7 months 1 week 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 693 times:
I'd love to go... but 18 months I think is too long this time
On the flip side, it's 18 months or so now but maybe in the future it'll be way shorter...
francoflier From France, joined Oct 2001, 3253 posts, RR: 10 Reply 8, posted (1 year 7 months 1 week 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 672 times:
Quoting connies4ever (Reply 4): If there was a nuclear propulsion system so that a long, slow co-elliptic transfer could be avoided,
1g acceleration the whole way, with a nice big flatscreen, a good sound system and a decent library, that could do!
Internet would get pretty slow after a while though. not sure I can live with that...
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit posting...
LGWflyer From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2011, 2348 posts, RR: 1 Reply 9, posted (1 year 7 months 1 week 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 643 times:
Quoting kaitak (Reply 1): I'll just wait until Emirates flies there - can't be long! (You'll certainly need their IFE for the trip!)
Lol haha!
Quoting kaitak (Reply 1): Seriously, though, I think it would be a marvellous chance. And from a scientific point of view, I think it would yield some very important information. True, there would be huge risks and yes, not getting home would be a tad annoying, but the value of the information would make it a very compelling proposition.
Yes it would have some pretty big information found out.
Quoting MadameConcorde (Reply 3): I doubt I will ever be given the chance but I can definitely see a spacecraft full of politicians and banksters being shipped to Mars never to return to Earth. I have got a whole list of htem.
Haha why send them to a planet that can be lived on by normal human beings? Why not send them to Venus instead...
Quoting connies4ever (Reply 4): Problems also on the surface, wind causing big dust storms, electrically-charged dust devils, dust everywhere, that could be a health hazard back in the spacecraft (lander), radiation bath -- although the Apollo guys faced that on the Moon as well. Mars is still going to be (at least I hope it will be) a big challenge.
Solar Wind would be one of the biggest problems...
Quoting dxing (Reply 6):
Sounds no different than trying to non rev to Hawaii!
Haha.
Quoting DeltaMD90 (Reply 7): I'd love to go... but 18 months I think is too long this time
On the flip side, it's 18 months or so now but maybe in the future it'll be way shorter...
Yeah and in total you proberly would be gone for 5 or more years with 3 being travelling! And well last time I heard they where looing for people who most likely wouldn't return.
Yes hopefully they can get it to 12 months at least...
2707200X From United States of America, joined Mar 2009, 6983 posts, RR: 1 Reply 10, posted (1 year 7 months 1 week 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 634 times:
Perhaps of the spaceship had an artificial toroid to generate gravity and keep the bones and immune system strong.
"And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by." John Masefield Sea-Fever
soon7x7 From United States of America, joined May 2006, 2817 posts, RR: 14 Reply 11, posted (1 year 7 months 1 week 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 624 times:
If Obama wins the next election i'm going to build an Ark. Destination...MARS!...
Aesma From France, joined Nov 2009, 4934 posts, RR: 9 Reply 12, posted (1 year 7 months 1 week 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 610 times:
I wouldn't hesitate for a second. I even considered participating in the Mars 500 experiment that just ended, but I didn't fit the profile. 18 months is the whole trip, 6 month to go, 6 months there, 6 months back.
Quoting dxing (Reply 6): red, blue, and green Mars books
Hard science fiction at its finest ! Kim Stanley Robinson is the author for those wondering.
This book trilogy made me realize that I would be ready to do what the characters do in it, go to Mars on a one way trip, not to die after a while but to live there. I'd like to make a couple round the world trips before, however.
New Technology is the name we give to stuff that doesn't work yet. Douglas Adams
rfields5421 From United States of America, joined Jul 2007, 6192 posts, RR: 25 Reply 13, posted (1 year 7 months 1 week 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 598 times:
Quoting Aesma (Reply 12): I wouldn't hesitate for a second.
Put me down for another seat on the ship !!!!
I'm within spitting distance of 60, have been shot at several times in the US Navy, only once successfully thankfully, I've had car wrecks, serious illnesses - and I would not have missed any of it. (Well maybe getting shot.)
I have the most perfect and wonderful things in life - a loving family of brothers and sisters, my father is still alive, two wonderful children, two good step-children, 10 great grandchildren/ step-grandchildren - and the best wife ever.
But refusing to take a risk is not a way to live. Something my family understands.
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