One way flight to Mars?

[anotherlife]

Many space corporations are designing technology for a one way trip to Mars, most notably Mars One. They have now their austronaut selection process ongoing. Their prime published candidate is a young science enthusiast girl. But who is the best astronaut for real?

I think old scientists and old engineers are the best one way astronauts. They have the technological experience, scientific experience, procedural discipline, and they have most demands of earthly life fulfilled behind them.

So, shouldn't the one way trips concentrate around the old rather than the young candidates?

Discuss.

 

[Freewill]

It is a suicide mission, thus should not be taken by anyone. There is nothing on Mars worth someone's life.

 

[anotherlife]

It is a suicide mission, thus should not be taken by anyone. There is nothing on Mars worth someone's life.

Mars could then be an excellent penal colony.

 

[rightwinger]

It is a suicide mission, thus should not be taken by anyone. There is nothing on Mars worth someone's life.

Absolutely

We put people on Mars, we are obligated to keep them alive. For how long? How many missions to resupply a Mars base that does nothing that an army of rovers and drones can't do better

The mission is a prison sentence

 

[fncceo]

Get your ass to Mars ...

 

[danielpalos]

Many space corporations are designing technology for a one way trip to Mars, most notably Mars One. They have now their austronaut selection process ongoing. Their prime published candidate is a young science enthusiast girl. But who is the best astronaut for real?

I think old scientists and old engineers are the best one way astronauts. They have the technological experience, scientific experience, procedural discipline, and they have most demands of earthly life fulfilled behind them.

So, shouldn't the one way trips concentrate around the old rather than the young candidates?

Discuss.

I make a motion for rail gun technology on the space station, for now; and launch probes to do a solar system survey.

 

[anotherlife]

It is a suicide mission, thus should not be taken by anyone. There is nothing on Mars worth someone's life.

Absolutely

We put people on Mars, we are obligated to keep them alive. For how long? How many missions to resupply a Mars base that does nothing that an army of rovers and drones can't do better

The mission is a prison sentence

Not if they sign a waiver.

 

[anotherlife]

Many space corporations are designing technology for a one way trip to Mars, most notably Mars One. They have now their austronaut selection process ongoing. Their prime published candidate is a young science enthusiast girl. But who is the best astronaut for real?

I think old scientists and old engineers are the best one way astronauts. They have the technological experience, scientific experience, procedural discipline, and they have most demands of earthly life fulfilled behind them.

So, shouldn't the one way trips concentrate around the old rather than the young candidates?

Discuss.

I make a motion for rail gun technology on the space station, for now; and launch probes to do a solar system survey.

This is an excellent idea!

 

[Votto]

It is a suicide mission, thus should not be taken by anyone. There is nothing on Mars worth someone's life.

Not true, they have lots and lots of rocks from what I hear, red ones, in fact.

 

[rightwinger]

It is a suicide mission, thus should not be taken by anyone. There is nothing on Mars worth someone's life.

Absolutely

We put people on Mars, we are obligated to keep them alive. For how long? How many missions to resupply a Mars base that does nothing that an army of rovers and drones can't do better

The mission is a prison sentence

Not if they sign a waiver.

A waiver for what?

That we let them die if they run out of food or supplies?

 

[Votto]

Humans on Mars is the last thing we need. We will simply destroy their environment like we have done on Earth.

 

[anotherlife]

It is a suicide mission, thus should not be taken by anyone. There is nothing on Mars worth someone's life.

Absolutely

We put people on Mars, we are obligated to keep them alive. For how long? How many missions to resupply a Mars base that does nothing that an army of rovers and drones can't do better

The mission is a prison sentence

Not if they sign a waiver.

A waiver for what?

That we let them die if they run out of food or supplies?

Kinda yes but funkier.

 

[anotherlife]

Humans on Mars is the last thing we need. We will simply destroy their environment like we have done on Earth.

The best way to uncover whether there are Marshans for real. Could they afford not to defend themselves?

 

[fncceo]

Humans on Mars is the last thing we need. We will simply destroy their environment like we have done on Earth.

 

[Votto]

Humans on Mars is the last thing we need. We will simply destroy their environment like we have done on Earth.

The best way to uncover whether there are Marshans for real. Could they afford not to defend themselves?

There are no Marshans, or have you not heard?

Just because there are none does not give us the right to destroy the natural environment does it?

After all, all those red rocks are kinda pretty.

 

[ScienceRocks]

If we're going to do one way, why not set up a colony with a living department already landed for the colonist by the time they get there...We'd have to resupply this every year or so with different stuff but this one way trip doesn't need to be a touch down and death a year later....

 

[anotherlife]

Humans on Mars is the last thing we need. We will simply destroy their environment like we have done on Earth.

The best way to uncover whether there are Marshans for real. Could they afford not to defend themselves?

There are no Marshans, or have you not heard?

Just because there are none does not give us the right to destroy the natural environment does it?

After all, all those red rocks are kinda pretty.

No Marshans? Already? Can we be THAT good?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Mars is the final stop on a single payer healthcare system

 

[anotherlife]

If we're going to do one way, why not set up a colony with a living department already landed for the colonist by the time they get there...We'd have to resupply this every year or so with different stuff but this one way trip doesn't need to be a touch down and death a year later....

We would have to invent a totally inorganic living sustainance.

 

[anotherlife]

Mars is the final stop on a single payer healthcare system

A pretty good one at that too.