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First Mars-Goers Should Prepare For a One-Way Trip

Posted by timothy on from the buy-round-trip-tickets-to-slip-past-tsa-though dept.

Luminary Crush writes with this excerpt from PhysOrg about the permanance of leaving Earth for Mars, at least for early travelers: "The first astronauts sent to Mars should be prepared to spend the rest of their lives there, in the same way that European pioneers headed to America knowing they would not return home, says moonwalker Buzz Aldrin. '[the distance and difficulty is why you should] send people there permanently,' Aldrin said. 'If we are not willing to do that, then I don't think we should just go once and have the expense of doing that and then stop.'" On the other hand, maybe they'll catch a ride back with Carrie-Anne Moss.

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  1. Who Chooses? by s7uar7 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do we get to nominate people to go?

    1. Re:Who Chooses? by 0100010001010011 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Australia turned out ok. Mars will be better off in the long run if we send the criminals rather than the religious nuts.

  2. Re:How would one go about it? by An.+(Coward) · · Score: 5, Funny

    It'd be a terrible idea. I've read my Heinlein; I know what happens when you put convicts higher up the gravity well than you are. They drop rocks on your head.