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RE: Would you go?
September 28, 2016 at 9:54 pm
Absolutely not. I would get bored so fast, and the latency of communication back to Earth would suck. Need my high speed internets, dammit
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RE: Would you go?
September 28, 2016 at 9:55 pm
Hell yes!
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RE: Would you go?
September 28, 2016 at 10:40 pm
(September 28, 2016 at 10:05 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Quote:the cost of the trip, currently estimated at around $10 billion per person, to just $200,000 or so per person,
Sounds as if only billionaires could afford it. May be a good way to get rid of those leeches.
Apparently Trump's fortune has dropped by a billion dollars.
I'll chip in to send him to Mars.
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RE: Would you go?
September 28, 2016 at 10:53 pm
I think it might be an emotional rollercoaster. Launch would be exhilarating, as would most of the first say. There are surely sights to be seen. But it would get claustrophobic, and what if the bathroom fails? Hygiene would suck up there in a spacecraft. And after a while, it might get a bit lonely. I might get to know too much about certain people.
Not sure how I feel about nudity (my own, anyway. Certain others, I do know how I'd feel).
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RE: Would you go?
September 29, 2016 at 7:11 am
Former swinger here, so I have no problem with nudity. Other than the paucity of it.
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RE: Would you go?
September 29, 2016 at 8:41 am
Depends on the context. Initial exploration? It's a dusty rock - send me to a new-found jungle planet instead. After terraforming? Sure why not, I'll go vaca there.
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RE: Would you go?
September 30, 2016 at 6:06 am
(September 29, 2016 at 8:41 am)thesummerqueen Wrote: Depends on the context. Initial exploration? It's a dusty rock - send me to a new-found jungle planet instead. After terraforming? Sure why not, I'll go vaca there.
I agree. Nothing like a warm beach and some fresh seafood when your on vacation.
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