mseebs Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 So a Dutch company has a plan to send 4 people up to Mars in 2023 with an additional 4 going every following 2 years. To live there for the rest of their lives. Here's their intro video thing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4tgkyUBkbY&feature=youtu.be And their website. http://mars-one.com/ So you guys think this is actually going to happen or a load of crap? Would you go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurkvinny Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Will dvr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRed05 Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Good luck. Perhaps if Elon Musk was involved then I could see this happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokinHawk1647545499 Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 live on mars for the rest of your life, that would suck. i bet they cant survive on another planet for to long it will end in disaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GMoney Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 The only way i would do that is to take the three hottest women i could think of to come with me. If im going to a planet where i know im going to never leave might as well have fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverMaker Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 2 years until more people show up... with minimal things to do in the meantime. Someone is bound to go crazy. I hope they are successful. Somebody needs to do it and it isn't looking like the US will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTPSS Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Sounds like a great place for a prison... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackbar00 Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Just bring your Xbox. When the new crews arrives they will bring the next two Call of Dutys with them. Problem solved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Bastard Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 that's gonna be a helluva long network cable for that xbox. gonna take a lot of batteries too lol. seriously though, living conditions on mars would be rough. I couldn't even imagine how a winter night would be there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitgeist57 Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 I used to be really into science/space technology before I started a family...do we have the means to reliably renew all the resources (air, water primarily) for a Mars habitat? Mars is awesome, but I would think a Moon colony would make a little more sense, given it's proximity to Earth...far easier from a cost/logistics point to manage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallard Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 I don't think it will ever happen, at least not like this. It's going to be incredibly expensive to send people and cargo to Mars, and it's an incredibly long trip. There are too many hurdles and too much cost. If the focused on sending people to the moon to establish a permanent colony I would be more confident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallard Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Clay, you and I think alike. I was typing my response at the same time you were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Nice Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Won't happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitgeist57 Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Home for lunch and I just looked at the video. Makes more sense to me that the "colony" would be established before humans came. Rovers would need to also be doing some valuable exploration to justify the cost of setting up the colony before humans could visit. I like the idea, and it can be done - note that the arrays and bubbles are likely algae/plant greenhouses to generate food and oxygen (since Mars' atmosphere is primarily CO2) - but the 7-month travel time is still a killer in my book. We're going from no colony on Mars to a multi-unit establishment with no history of habiting Mars. It's a huge leap. I guess the big problem with the Moon is the lack of an atmosphere of some sort to provide some radiation protection, for long-term human habitatation. I also worry about contamination on Mars; who knows how germs will fluorish in a totally new environment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macpyro2 Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 First off this looks like a complete crock of shit. Second this will never happen. At a little over 200 days to even get there, being stuck in a little pod with x amount of people someones going to go crazy. (Even the russian's think this) The only real feasible way to do it would be to do a direct flight using nuclear power. This would cut the trip to a more reasonable 4 months. The lack of detail on there website should also be taken into consideration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRocket1647545505 Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 I agree; it probably isn't going to happen any time soon. However, if it were to happen, I would volunteer in a second to be one of the people to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 http://blackmannrobin.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/total-recall-original-1024x550.jpg QUAID Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowgli1647545497 Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 My wife is dutch. We visit the inlaws in Holland every year. This will happen like monkeys will fly out of my butt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 My wife is dutch. We visit the inlaws in Holland every year. This will happen like monkeys will fly out of my butt. Hoping for both Mars & Monkeys of anal origin. Will be ground breaking on both fronts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furloaf Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 They should team up with these retards: http://www.buildtheenterprise.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Looks like the perfect place for gay island... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyFKINPowerz Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 This will happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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