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Want to sign up for a suicide mission to Mars?

  • BORIStheCrusher
    thePITman;1409733 wrote:What are you going to buy on Mars?
    They are building a Super Walmart there.
  • O-Trap
    hasbeen;1409117 wrote:I nominate Gibby, Isadore, and FWK.

    Don't forget MTP.
    justincredible;1409749 wrote:I've signed the entire OC up. Training starts Monday.

    I was told it started Wednesday. I have an appointment to get my teeth cleaned on Monday.
    gut;1409881 wrote:Probably mostly maintaining and repairing all the life support equipment. Hydroponics could be the worst part - think how many people struggle to grow stuff here on Earth.
    It's not that it's difficult here. I just don't think people are interested in the effort. However, Mars has condition that seem like they would certainly play a role, I would think.
  • gut
    O-Trap;1410112 wrote: It's not that it's difficult here. I just don't think people are interested in the effort. However, Mars has condition that seem like they would certainly play a role, I would think.
    I didn't even think that they probably would be constructing multiple buildings there (because it would suck to continue living in a 5-man capsule) - hydroponics to support 5 people probably requires a decent size building well beyond their spacecraft.. The plants probably take care of the oxygen requirement, too. Still not sure what they do about water.
  • Rotinaj
    Bummer.
  • O-Trap
    gut;1410154 wrote:I didn't even think that they probably would be constructing multiple buildings there (because it would suck to continue living in a 5-man capsule) - hydroponics to support 5 people probably requires a decent size building well beyond their spacecraft.. The plants probably take care of the oxygen requirement, too. Still not sure what they do about water.
    I would think they'd need to create some sort of terrarium large enough to handle the water cycle, which could theoretically handle the water with a small enough population maybe.

    Still, I'd rather not be the lab rat for that experiment.
  • tk421
    I'd go in a heartbeat. Beats staying on this miserable crap hole.