We'd need machines to build the first base before the colonists arrive. Also, we'd need ships capable of ferrying several dozens of colonists rather than the small amounts of astronauts we ferry today.
[QUOTE=arleitiss;40312993]Take all pedophiles from prisons, and send them to mars. Happy hunting.[/QUOTE]
What are they gonna hunt? Alien babies?
i had been seriously considering this.
when this was first advertised, the one thing i had wanted was a fresh start.
and at the time, it seemed like a good idea.
they will get their applicants.
7 billion people, there are [I]many[/I], who would give up everything for this.
The people doing this better find some Prothean ruins.
I want to buy a property on Mars. In the future my ancestors will be rich!!!
[QUOTE=archangel125;40310311]I don't know if I'd go. It's a huge decision to make, you'd be permanently cutting yourself off from the people on Earth. No internet, no radio, no TV, no music, no phone calls to loved ones, you'd be reading the same books, and you wouldn't be able to wander far from your lander or risk running out of breathable air. Very little human contact - Aside from the two or three people that'd go with you, you'd never meet a new person again. For every last remaining day of your life.[/QUOTE]
Actually they can request web pages to be sent to them, and I'm fairly sure there would be regular supply drops with books/some form of entertainment.
After winning so much money betting on a wrestling match, I'm ready for this. This will be the true freedom.
If I was completely alone with nothing going for me in life, I would maybe consider choosing this. You'd be bonded with the people you fly with.
[QUOTE=archangel125;40310311]I don't know if I'd go. It's a huge decision to make, you'd be permanently cutting yourself off from the people on Earth. No internet, no radio, no TV, no music, no phone calls to loved ones, you'd be reading the same books, and you wouldn't be able to wander far from your lander or risk running out of breathable air. Very little human contact - Aside from the two or three people that'd go with you, you'd never meet a new person again. For every last remaining day of your life.[/QUOTE]
Apparently they'll get internet, radio, TV, Music, 'recorded phone calls', I'm sure you'll get practically unlimited books on a reader.
And they'll send a new team every so many years so they'll always been new people.
[QUOTE=archangel125;40310311]I don't know if I'd go. It's a huge decision to make, you'd be permanently cutting yourself off from the people on Earth. No internet, no radio, no TV, no music, no phone calls to loved ones, you'd be reading the same books, and you wouldn't be able to wander far from your lander or risk running out of breathable air. Very little human contact - Aside from the two or three people that'd go with you, you'd never meet a new person again. For every last remaining day of your life.[/QUOTE]
It's very likely that another manned mission to mars will happen that will also include a return trip, I don't see why they couldn't hitch a ride back home on the return trip.
[QUOTE=Mr. Zombie;40310340]They say that people born on Mars (Martians) would never be able to visit Earth because of the differing gravity altering their bone structure.[/QUOTE]
Solution: Gene altering.
[QUOTE=archangel125;40310311]I don't know if I'd go. It's a huge decision to make, you'd be permanently cutting yourself off from the people on Earth. No internet, no radio, no TV, no music, no phone calls to loved ones, you'd be reading the same books, and you wouldn't be able to wander far from your lander or risk running out of breathable air. Very little human contact - Aside from the two or three people that'd go with you, you'd never meet a new person again. For every last remaining day of your life.[/QUOTE]
You act like there'd be absolutely no means of communication with Earth. There's nothing [i]synchronous[/i] like the internet is, but I'm pretty sure you'd be able to send things like emails, pre-recorded messages, have things like books sent to you in digital form. It'd still be pretty cramped and lonely, but you wouldn't be shut off from humanity in its entirety.
Nah. I'll ride on the two-way SLS based NASA rocket instead.
I imagine you would have the internet on Mars. It would just have a latency of 3 to 22 minutes. Or maybe double that since it has to bounce back.
[QUOTE=Pierrewithahat;40312645]The reason we want to colonise Mars is the fact this it is one of the few places in our solar system that wouldn't fucking kill us outright.
We can't live on Mercury or we'll fry before we hit the ground.
We can't really live on Venus because you know, the human body disagrees with Sulphuric Acid.
We already live on Earth so you know, kinda moot.
We can live on Mars because it's not stark bollock freezing all the time and it's somewhat similar to some deserts on Earth.
We can't live on Jupiter cause Jupiter and bone crushing gravity, we could live on a few of its moons but again, really far away.
Everything else is a fucking absurd distance from us.
So it's the Moon or Mars, and I'd rather live on Mars cause it can stay somewhat warm and has actual gravity.[/QUOTE]
Yes, that's why we'd pick Mars over any other planet/moon to colonize.
The question is what the point of a colony on [i]any[/i] planet/moon is, given our current technological limitations. There are many who feel that the enormous amount of money needed for such a project would be better invested in research to make an attempt fifty or a hundred years from now more viable.
[QUOTE=catbarf;40315244]Yes, that's why we'd pick Mars over any other planet/moon to colonize.
The question is what the point of a colony on [i]any[/i] planet/moon is, given our current technological limitations. There are many who feel that the enormous amount of money needed for such a project would be better invested in research to make an attempt fifty or a hundred years from now more viable.[/QUOTE]
I always hated how we need money to do anything. I believe that we should make some exceptions with money when it comes to perpetuating the human species, colonization of other planets, researching the deep sea and so on. The idea I have in mind would pretty much inflate the economy, though.
[QUOTE=CabooseRvB;40310771]The Mayflower only had 102 people aboard.
The first Columbus voyage only had a total of 84 people aboard among [b]3 ships[/b]
A few dozen could barely count as many when you're off in a voyage where communication back home is virtually impossible. A half-dozen if not 30 people in a Mars Colony would still have constant communication back to Earth.[/QUOTE]
It's pretty incredible to think that over five hundred years ago, when Europe's exploration of the world was starting to ramp up, pioneering sailors took months to cross an ocean, and in our near future, a comparable amount of time is what it takes to cross interplanetary distances in what would be another age of exploration.
I think we should wait until those Fusion Drive Rockets are ready, atleast that gives a 2 Month Turnaround time
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[QUOTE=archangel125;40310311]I don't know if I'd go. It's a huge decision to make, you'd be permanently cutting yourself off from the people on Earth. No internet, no radio, no TV, no music, no phone calls to loved ones, you'd be reading the same books, and you wouldn't be able to wander far from your lander or risk running out of breathable air. Very little human contact - Aside from the two or three people that'd go with you, you'd never meet a new person again. For every last remaining day of your life.[/QUOTE] I say we send the elderly. They really got nothing left for themselves.
If a guy dies. What will they do with the corpse?
[QUOTE=Ayane-152;40310376]Hmm...I wonder if there will be any demons there!
[t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d7/Doom3Marine.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
Off we go to redownload it!
I'd go if I had nothing else to live for, I mean you'd be a historical figure which is pretty cool.
Imagine if you turned up and there wasn't any ladies.
[QUOTE=Killervalon;40316077]If a guy dies. What will they do with the corpse?[/QUOTE]
Let it sit there until they send another person to clean up?
[QUOTE=Zeke129;40311257]We seriously need a space elevator or something, shipping stuff into space by burning fuel isn't going to do[/QUOTE]
too bad it isnt a thing which can or will exist
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[QUOTE=Gekkosan;40312638]I don't get it. There is literally nothing significant on Mars. We would be able to see it from here if there was something even slightly significant on Mars.
It's the closest thing after the Moon that we can hardly reach, and suddenly it's the main point of interest in.. "space colonization" ??
Give it like 50 years or so and the scientists will have developed a laser which they can use to find out everything about a planet beforehand. Before going there and building tents with hundreds of billions.
Give it a 4000 years and we can get there in a way unimaginable. Maybe.[/QUOTE]
god forbid ever doing anything new
[QUOTE=Killervalon;40316077]If a guy dies. What will they do with the corpse?[/QUOTE]
eat it duh
[QUOTE=Eltro102;40316600]too bad it isnt a thing which can or will exist
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why not?
[QUOTE=LtKyle2;40316075]I say we send the elderly. They really got nothing left for themselves.[/QUOTE]
i really doubt elderly folks would be able to operate efficiently in that environment, especially considering the type of work needed to set up and maintain the colony
[QUOTE=yawmwen;40316660]why not?[/QUOTE]
no forseeable technology to allow it, all the frozen orbits (where preturbations from the moon and sun and w/e cancel out) are non-equatorial here
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a launch loop sounds a lot more feasible
[QUOTE=Eltro102;40316688]no forseeable technology to allow it, all the frozen orbits (where preturbations from the moon and sun and w/e cancel out) are non-equatorial here[/QUOTE]
Also, there is problems with the fact that the cable would need to be over the size of the circumference of the earth.
If the cable were to break it could essentially crash into any point on Earth.
[QUOTE=Valnar;40316940]Also, there is problems with the fact that the cable would need to be over the size of the circumference of the earth.
If the cable were to break it could essentially crash into any point on Earth.[/QUOTE]
not really, it would burn up and be destroyed by hypersonic/transonic shredding
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