Not flocking to Mars

by Daedalus (Posted Sat Aug 31, 2013 1:06 am)

Gord wrote:

Daedalus wrote:

Austin Harper wrote:

Rob Lister wrote:The highlighted portion: While I don't necessarily think it is technologically impossible, it is certainly so far beyond what is currently feasible for even a nation-sized effort that I'm amazed even the most starry-eyed wannabe would actually cut them a check.

Yeah, the technology may sort of exist, but only in the way that rockets existed before we decided to go to the moon. It's there, but there's still a hell of a lot of work to do to get it ready.

Exactly... unless you just want a bunch of hyper-fragile and irradiated wannabe corpses arriving at Mars.

Wait, I thought that WAS the plan.

I hereby withdraw my offer to fund the people I mentioned earlier.

You could make some great Youtube videos of intrepid interplanetary pioneers, weakened from radiation sickness, staggering off the capsule and shattering their femurs like glass.

Plus kittens, because Youtube.

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