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

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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Re:Who Chooses?

[FatherOfONe]

I would think it would be great to send up the current Congress. How about just those that voted for this ridiculous bailout. That of course would doom Mars to be a liberal mecca though, and I wouldn't wish that on any planet or country. McCain can be included with this mess.

This is a similar discussion that people have about the "What if the top 20 cities in the world were gone the next day". The world would go into a financial mess for a short time but the average quality of the people remaining would be go up significantly :-)

I guess if I had to pick I would pick some real scary people to send up to Mars first like say Randy Ayres or Reverend Write. Just hanging around those types of people will definitely influence your life. Not that any sane person would hang around them, but you get my point.