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So who wants to fly to Mars... one way?
So who wants to fly to Mars... one way? Mission for volunteers receives over 1,000 applications from budding astronauts before it was even announced
Dutch firm plans reality TV show to choose its team Plans to land four astronauts on the red planet in 2023, with four more arriving every two years By Mark Prigg PUBLISHED: 12:53 EST, 9 January 2013 | UPDATED: 08:56 EST, 10 January 2013 To boldly go where no man has gone before is quite a challenge. But to boldly go knowing that you will never return to Earth may be asking a bit too much. This has not deterred a Dutch-led research institute, however, which has launched a search for volunteers to take part in a one-way mission to Mars... where they would set up a human settlement. Successful candidates will have to undergo eight years of training before blast-off in 2023. The Mars One Institute pulled no punches yesterday: ‘They should realise that if this project is successful, they won’t be coming back.’ Former NASA researcher Norbert Kraft, Mars One’s medical director, said: ‘Gone are the days when bravery and the number of hours flying a supersonic jet were the top criteria for selection. 'Now, we are more concerned with how well each astronaut works and lives with the others – and for a lifetime of challenges ahead.’ Mars One aims to raise money to help fund the project through a long-running, global, reality TV show, which will select the first 24 candidates and follow their training. Viewers would vote for who should be on the first team of four to leave Earth in ten years time. By 2033 the colony would reach 20 settlers. Journey time to Mars, which is approximately 40million miles away depending on its position in orbit, would be around 200 days. Settlers would encounter a barren, cratered landscape, an unbreathable atmosphere made up of 95 per cent carbon dioxide and temperatures ranging from 35C to minus 135C. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...lications.html |
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01-10-2013, 04:48 PM | #76 |
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I appreciate the concept...but respectfully disagree that it's anything like settling out west or other previous frontiers. Settling in space would be more like trying to build a world-class city at the North Pole or the bottom of the ocean. We haven't done it because it makes ZERO sense.
Space is so absolutely hostile to human beings, I'm a bit surprised that Mars is still something of a goal...especially since it's not really a habitable planet. It seems we would be better served to focus energies on the means of space travel (beyond simple propulsion and known fuels) and think more about finding planets that can actually be friendly to human beings (existing earth-like atmosphere, water, resources, vegetation, etc.). If no such thing exists...and if we can't work around our current understanding of Physics, we're not going anywhere...and any movement beyond a quick "hi and bye" to Mars (like at the moon) is an exercise in futility for the most part.
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There's a lot of factors that would make this a pretty shitty experience, to be honest. Space travel, with our current technology, is no pleasant experience. And colonizing Mars would be just as bad, if not worse. Our bodies are much more finely tuned to our physical environment than people realize. Our bodies depend on the exact amount of gravity, pressure, light, etc. that is found on Earth. And when that's not available for extended lengths of time, the body does some very ****ed up things.
They did an experiment a while back, that tried to simulate an experience like a Mars colonization: Quote:
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Current astronauts have a higher chance of getting brain disorders like Alzheimer's.
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