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Will Mars be a One-way Trip?
alexj33 writes "Will humans ever really go to Mars? Let's face it, the obstacles are quite daunting. Not only are there numerous, difficult, technical issues to overcome, but the political will and perseverance of any one nation to undertake such an arduous task is huge. However, one former NASA engineer believes a human mission to Mars is quite possible, and such an event would unify the world as never before. But Jim McLane's proposal includes a couple of major caveats: the trip to Mars should be one-way, and have a crew of only one person."
You've never had sex, right?
I nominate Jack Thompson. Also good possibilities: Ricky Martin, Geraldo Rivera, and that guy with the horribly loud voice that does those cleaning product commercials.
Lessee, the proposed Mars one-way will cost $50-70B and will kill one person. But we're spending $3 TRILLION on Iraq/Afghanistan which has resulted in 600-800,000 kills.
... so why do people think that its too expensive ?
Clearly this Mars one-way is an inefficient way to kill people. Still I'd much rather spend the $$$ on the Mars one-way than Iraq. I mean in absolute terms, it will only cost 2% of what we spent on Iraq
Indeed we *could* have spent the $3T on Mars instead and maybe could make it a full return trip, no ?