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The show contradicts itself big time.....

posted 8 years ago by thingading
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In present day, they discuss at length the importance of sending into space emotionally secure and strong individuals. Or at least those they feel will be best suited for the intense demands placed on them away from their home planet.

Yet 20+ years later, with even greater understanding and testing to determine who is mentally fit to go and who is not, they send up Mr. Psycho Planter.

He even states upon his arrival that it was known that he wasn't the best person to send to Mars due to how he "is."

So, they basically send up someone who is not only a very poor candidate, but one who could be dangerous. AND THEY KNOW ABOUT HIS EMOTIONAL ISSUES WAY AHEAD OF TIME

So, with all they've talked about regarding the importance of sending the right people, 20+ years later they intentionally send up an emotionally unstable guy that could damage the equipment, himself, or the entire colony.

It made no sense whatsoever to send him. And it contradicts the sort of people they are talking about today who are the best fit to visit the Red Planet.

[–] larsped 8 years ago

Yes it was exaggerated. But they explained in the documentary that these conditions affect most crewmembers' mental health.

[–] carlos727 8 years ago

I agree completely with the OP.
NONSENSE, to have already unstable people brought to Mars in the first place.
He could have gotten everyone killed!!!

[–] thingading 8 years ago

Exactly. They would NEVER send someone like him, knowing his mental history.

Of course, there is no 100% success rate on these kinds of decisions and it affects everyone to some degree. Everyone knows that. But you play the odds, especially for something so important.

They would send up those LEAST likely to act and react like him, not those MOST likely to. Again, he even tells us right away there were reservations about sending him due to his personality. He, and anyone with his type of mental history, would have never even come close to being considered as candidates to send.

So they tell us in the present day how important these kinds of selections will be, and then they "select" a spazmoid like this. Seriously?

[–] rwm6 8 years ago

It's also likely that his wife pulled strings to have him make the trip with her. She obviously had a lot of influence with the administrators and may have effectively vouched for her husband's stabilty in making the trip.

[–] thingading 8 years ago

Except he says when he arrives on Mars he's not the most stable person and that this was known and discussed beforehand.

[–] rwm6 8 years ago

Right, but it probably was a political thing where his instability was known but his wife pulled strings with administrators and had them overrule the doctors. It's like the engineers knowing there was an issue with the Challenger O-rings in cold weather, but their concerns were overruled by administrators who just wanted to get the launch off. The wife may have basically threatened to sit out the launch if her husband wasn't allowed to join her, which would have set the program back several months. I'm sure this will be covered in the finale.

[–] thingading 8 years ago

I think the show has done a very poor job of explaining a lot of things in the future segments. We'll see if his being allowed to come is bettered explained in the finale. Along with why the door he opened was placed where it was and could so easily be opened to the outside.

[–] rwm6 8 years ago

I agree about the door. The lack of an airlock at any outside entrance is inexplicable.

[–] Naldoman 8 years ago

They said that currently we don't know how to predict who can remain stable, and who will crack. Could be the same in 20+ years.

Plotwise, the program's head guy routinely plays the odds for the big win. He wanted that high-class physicist to get the reactors pumping big energy. The comprise was taking her screwball husband along.

[–] thingading 8 years ago

Which means they already knew he was, in your words a "screwball." They wouldn't send up anyone remotely like him. Again, they would go with those most likely to be able to adapt, not with mental issue history.

They would choose those least likely to be like him, not most likely. There would also be other esteemed physicists from all around the world they could send other than this guy's wife.

[–] darkavenger77 8 years ago

...they send up Mr. Psycho Planter.

LOL, funniest post I've read all day.

Ignoring politics doesn't mean politics will ignore you.
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[–] carlos727 8 years ago

So, would it be fair to say that the series actually shows us, more or less:
HOW NOT TO DO A MISSION TO COLONIZE MARS!!
Take note people!!

[–] jeffextreme1121 8 years ago

Yep a ton of lessons to learn from this show. Pretty much how to NOT do a trip to Mars.

[–] MoviemanCin 8 years ago

I agree, thing. That was stupid.

Schrodinger's cat walks into a bar and doesn't.