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Red Dreams
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Red Dreams
Launch is scheduled for 2018, time enough for those who want to volunteer. Any takers?

There's a caveat:

Quote:Marooned on Mars

Mr Tito intends to simplify things by not landing. The Mars One project intends to simplify them by not taking off. Its four crew members, if they arrive intact, will live out the rest of their lives on Mars. They will build a settlement from their spacecraft and from inflatable living areas covered with regolith (the crushed rock that passes for soil on the planet). Nor will this be a one-off. Every two years the Martians will be joined by four more refugees from Earth, with the eventual aim of building up a full-fledged colony. As far as possible, they will produce food, water and materials in situ, though regular cargo launches from Earth will supplement these.

http://www.economist.com/news/science-an...sions-show
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My bet is they send camera's and turn it into a reality TV show like big brother.
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(June 2, 2013 at 12:10 pm)Insanity x Wrote: My bet is they send camera's and turn it into a reality TV show like big brother.

They are planning exactly that:

Quote:The whole thing will be broadcast, so television rights—along with sponsorship deals, donations and possibly technology licensing—will pay the enormous cost ($6 billion for the first manned flight alone).

http://www.economist.com/news/science-an...sions-show
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This may be a problem: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/30/us/mars-radiation
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(June 2, 2013 at 12:42 pm)little_monkey Wrote:
Quote:The whole thing will be broadcast, so television rights—along with sponsorship deals, donations and possibly technology licensing—will pay the enormous cost ($6 billion for the first manned flight alone).

http://www.economist.com/news/science-an...sions-show

ROFLOL
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The first people to have sex in space.


What will sex in space be like? One cant even gain momentum without holding on to something
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(June 2, 2013 at 12:43 pm)Tiberius Wrote: This may be a problem: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/30/us/mars-radiation

Plus the internet would be terrible. Fuck that.
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(June 2, 2013 at 12:43 pm)Tiberius Wrote: This may be a problem: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/30/us/mars-radiation
There is more than just a problem, but all of those listed so far are technical, and manageable. But a more important one would be, and probably the most difficult to solve, will they send gay couple to Mars? Wink
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They should send over Glenn Beck so he can set up the utopia he always wanted.
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(June 2, 2013 at 12:44 pm)The Germans are coming Wrote: The first people to have sex in space.


What will sex in space be like? One cant even gain momentum without holding on to something

Thrusters. Big Grin
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