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Who'd go?

posted 8 years ago by Stewatson35
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I've read about the proposed one-way trip to Mars, and the people who signed up in a heartbeat.

I cannot think of anything more frightening than this!

I've got a phobia of being stranded in the middle of the ocean. Maybe it's a phobia of space.
I know lots of people would say, "yes, I'd do it without a second thought"
But have you thought about it? The takeoff for starters. Then the 3 odd years in space with people you may grow to hate, and then after all that, you can't even do anything until you safely land on Mars!
When you're on Mars, that's where it starts!

I literally couldn't think of anything worse. Even visiting the ISS is some people's dream, but that looks even more terrifying! I've seen Gravity, I wouldn't want any part in that. I don't think man was meant to meddle in space. Until they can invent warp drive, then everything worth looking at is too far away to even observe.

I'd have also thought with our telescope technology, plus the satellite and Rover's, they'd know a lot more about the Red Planet? Is there water or not?

[–] scwalker-1 8 years ago

It would be easier just to have somebody drop you off in the desert in the western US.

[–] darkavenger77 8 years ago

It would be easier just to have somebody drop you off in the desert in the western US.

We'd save billions of dollars as well.

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[–] MoviemanCin 8 years ago

Stewatson,
There are three types of people in this world as illustrated by a short boat trip I recently took to Marguerite Island off the coast of Cannes France:

1. The people who sat inside on the lower deck.
2. The people who sat outside on the upper deck.
3. The people who stood at the railing outside on the upper deck at the bow, staining to see forward.

I'm in the third group. I've done skydiving, scuba diving, karate, hang gliding, powered parachuting, para sailing, para gliding, storm chasing, and have flown an ultralight.
I've been to all 50 states, 25 foreign countries, and four continents. I'm planning to visit Africa this summer. That will make five continents, and I'm aiming for all seven.
I also plan to take a ride on the famous "Vomit Comet" to experience weightlessness.

It's people from this third group who will volunteer to go to Mars.

You appear to be in Group 1. Nothing wrong with that of course. Different strokes for different folks.

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

[–] Stewatson35 8 years ago

You're quite right. In fact I wouldn't be on the ship in the first place!
Fear of dying in a massive expanse of nothingness..... apart from sharks and whatnot beneath my feet!

So are you saying you'd happily be one of these test subjects, knowing that you wouldn't be coming back to earth anytime ever?

Btw, I can understand the extreme sports, as long as there's no chance of me ending up 100!s of miles out to sea! I'm not afraid of a challenge, I've just got a serious phobia about the sea, and even more so with space!
There's far too much nothing up there, it's scary.

[–] brunitt0 8 years ago

Well only if you go up there you will find out if there really is nothing. I think you two would make a good pair of voulenteers.

[–] gururobb 8 years ago

If it was a matter of just never coming back I might consider going. The vastness of space and being around people you may hate wouldn't bother me nor would dying so far in the middle of nowhere so far from home and alone. It's the notion of dying so soon and probably of starvation, thirst or suffocating that would prevent me from being one of their guinea pigs. I think I'll warm up to the idea of another 30 years on earth.