Would you be willing to take a one way trip to Mars?

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If my wife or other people close to me heard me say this they would think I was bailing or a loser or have some type of negative opinion about it, but I would leave in an instant. I love my wife and child, but taking a trip to walk on mars would be a once in a lifetime opportunity. I have often pondered this type of question, and every time I do I know I would go in an instant. I would love for them to just put me on a spaceship, point it towards the depths of space, and send me off. I would be more than willing to send reports back to earth on a regular basis. The things that could be discovered would far outweigh the cost of my one life.
 
Yeah, I went through that phase too Boomer, but I got over it at around 15. Having adventures is great while they're happening but not a lot of fun if you can't dine out on them later. It's gonna be a sad day when you look around and wonder how come if it's so great no one is around sharing it with you. I've been places that look much like Mars and the novelty wears off really, really fast.

Pitch a tent on the Nullabor Plain for a year or two, same deprivations and isolation but at least it's warmer.
 
Hey TG that was one of my all time favourite series... but sorry, the UK one. I watched the US version for laughs because it totally missed the point of the plot.
The follow up continuation UK series Ashes to Ashes was even better but the US couldn't do that, they'd killed the real plot off at the end of LOM.
 
Diwundrin said:
Hey TG that was one of my all time favourite series... but sorry, the UK one. I watched the US version for laughs because it totally missed the point of the plot.
The follow up continuation UK series Ashes to Ashes was even better but the US couldn't do that, they'd killed the real plot off at the end of LOM.
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Too true. The UK stuff always seems to be a cut above.
 
And pack some warm socks. If you thought the vortex was a cold snap....

Mars is, by our standards, a freezing planet. The average surface temperature is minus 20 to minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit, while average high altitude temperatures are below minus 200 degrees Fahrenheit. According to NASA, Mars' elliptical orbit causes temperature to vary wildly according to location, season and time of day.
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Strange they put "No psychiatric disorders" as a qualification, you'd have to have one to want to go wouldn't you?
 
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