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One-Way Ticket to Mars?
ahogue writes "Paul Davies, who has written several very accessible books on physics and cosmology, proposes an interesting way to get a manned mission to Mars - leave them there. [NYTimes, free reg. req.] While it may sounds shocking at first, the financial and exploratory benefits seem to outweigh the social negatives. Any volunteers?" Reader docanime writes with some sober news: "All this recent talk about Mars rovers and orbiters has made one space fan checking out how well Mars has been deflecting and destroying the space probes. The Mars Scorecard lists all the known fly-by, orbital, and landing attempts/failures made by humans. In case you're curious, Mars is winning 20 to 16."
Can't you just hook up one of my legs to a life support system and send it there? at least we will have a "part" of a man there. And I can say I have 1 foot in this world and 1 in the next.
"It's so convenient to have a system where everyone is a criminal" - A. Hitler
"Mars needs men!"
A few days after landing...
"Mars needs women!"
Send Ahnold to Mahhhs!
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."
Send paypal donations to DarlMcBrideMarsTicket@yahoo.com.
By god, I think we have the new Democratic campaign slogan...
When your peeve-count reaches the 7 digits, you aren't talking about pets. You're talking about the mother of all peeve zoos.
Send Ahnold to Mahhhs!
Or at least just make him *think* he had went.
Ummm, because Bush needs to get reelected?
:)
Just a guess
We will need to colonize Mars! Here's what I propose:
General "Buck" Turgidson: Doctor, you mentioned the ratio of ten women to each man. Now, wouldn't that necessitate the abandonment of the so-called monogamous sexual relationship, I mean, as far as men were concerned?
Dr. Strangelove: Regrettably, yes. But it is, you know, a sacrifice required for the future of the human race. I hasten to add that since each man will be required to do prodigious... service along these lines, the women will have to be selected for their sexual characteristics which will have to be of a highly stimulating nature.
Ambassador de Sadesky: I must confess, you have an astonishingly good idea there, Doctor.
People are living in caves you insensitive clod.
Melius mori in libertate quam vivere in servitute.
Which most likely can't cook or do dishes either... maybe not such a bad idea after all.
By "Hebrew" you of course mean "Greek". And by "beginings" you of course mean "birth".
Mother is the best bet and don't let Satan draw you too fast.
Plus all humanity is stuck on one planet. That's bad! There are numerous things which could wipe out the entire race. But put humans on other worlds, and you begin to ensure the race has a future.
What would we call it? I dunno...the acronym for "Redundant Array of Inexpensive Planets" probably won't go over very well.
Why is it that the proponents of "one nation under God" are so eager to get rid of "liberty and justice for all"?
Anyone who's played Missile Command knows this - we need to send probe missions out in pairs. One is a big, fat, juicy-looking decoy that we send down right around the same time the _real_ mission starts entry of Mars atmosphere. The Martians go for the decoy, and our real mission lands undisturbed.
Either that or we nuke them from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
Yeah I got first post!!!
Kinda laggy, but everything's looking good up here. I just found a new rock that was like a little bit redder than the other one I found yesterday. Cool.
Please send more corn.
It's possible. It's just very warm. The safest thing to do would be to attempt to land on the sun at night.
To Do: 1. Take over world 2. Pick up Milk and Bread on the way home
Ah yes, the silent majority: a grown-up version of imaginary friends.
It goes from God, to Jerry, to me.
I thought the one-way trip was the plan for that N*Sync guy's trip to space....
Yes, they all died. Have you ever met one of them? Of course not, becayse all the settlers died a few centuries ago.
"There is no teacher but the enemy."-Mazer Rackham