Mars One plans suicide mission to Red Planet for 2023

[Doomsday101]

There’s an old joke about sending someone you hate on a one-way trip to Mars. Now, a Dutch entrepreneur has formed a company around this concept -- and it’s no joke.

Bas Lansdorp, the 35-year-old founder of Mars One, told FoxNews.com his company is serious about a one-way mission. The company will hold a worldwide lottery next year to select 40 people for a training team. They will then set up a mock colony in the desert, possibly somewhere in the U.S., for three months. This initial team will be reduced to ten crew members.

They will then be sent to Mars, never again to return.

“We will send humans to Mars in 2023,” he told FoxNews.com. “They will live there the rest of their lives. There will be a habitat waiting for them, and we’ll start sending four people every two years.”

The habitat will consist of several housing structures that Mars One will launch before 2023. In 2016, the company plans to launch the first supply vessel. In 2018, it plans to send a rover.



Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/07/24/is-mars-one-serious-about-suicide-mission-to-red-planet/?intcmp=features#ixzz21fRmnbDb

[a_minimalist]

this is awesome if true!

[Doomsday101]

this is awesome if true!

sounds awsome but you may regret it later on.

[a_minimalist]

sounds awsome but you may regret it later on.

i would never do it lol but whoever would is awesome in my book.

[Doomsday101]

i would never do it lol but whoever would is awesome in my book.

I'm sure some one will want to go.

[Yeagermeister]

Sarge would go for a couple of cases of PBR

[jobberone]

I actually think its a great idea. It will be cheaper than robotic and we'll be mission ready much faster. Currently humans will be incredibly more efficient and adaptable than any robot we can make now. If they can get the right blend of crew and have enough provisions for them on arrival they might be able to survive.

[5Stars]

I actually think its a great idea. It will be cheaper than robotic and we'll be mission ready much faster. Currently humans will be incredibly more efficient and adaptable than any robot we can make now. If they can get the right blend of crew and have enough provisions for them on arrival they might be able to survive.

No liquor stores up there, no McDonalds, no movie theaters, no strip joints...nothing! How fun is that...and you never come back! Where you going to buy a pack of smokes? What about getting bored and wanting to hit a bong?

If they send four people at first, I hope they at least send two men and two woman. good looking people! Because if they have to re-populate Mars it would be better to have good looking offspring, because Earth has some ugly people!

See, these are thing that scientists don't think about. They are so smart that they forget about the most common things.

OK...we landed on Mars. Now, what the hell do we do? Go looking for rocks?

Bad idea all around.

[Doomsday101]

No liquor stores up there, no McDonalds, no movie theaters, no strip joints...nothing! How fun is that...and you never come back! Where you going to buy a pack of smokes? What about getting bored and wanting to hit a bong?

If they send four people at first, I hope they at least send two men and two woman. good looking people! Because if they have to re-populate Mars it would be better to have good looking offspring, because Earth has some ugly people!

See, these are thing that scientists don't think about. They are so smart that they forget about the most common things.

OK...we landed on Mars. Now, what the hell do we do? Go looking for rocks?

Bad idea all around.

I got my ticket for the ride, just called direct TV and they do have the sunday ticket. :laugh2:

[TheKey]

Excuse my ignorance, but how will they be able to supply two years worth of oxygen for 10 people?

[5Stars]

I got my ticket for the ride, just called direct TV and they do have the sunday ticket. :laugh2:

Well, that's cool...but, you do know that you have a 6 minute delay up there in Mars. So, don't watch it live, just Tivo it...

Yeah, that's another thing! Where can I go watch a damn football game live?

Are there going to be a couple of teams with little green men playing?

Stupid idea...

:rolleyes:

[jobberone]

No liquor stores up there, no McDonalds, no movie theaters, no strip joints...nothing! How fun is that...and you never come back! Where you going to buy a pack of smokes? What about getting bored and wanting to hit a bong?

If they send four people at first, I hope they at least send two men and two woman. good looking people! Because if they have to re-populate Mars it would be better to have good looking offspring, because Earth has some ugly people!

See, these are thing that scientists don't think about. They are so smart that they forget about the most common things.

OK...we landed on Mars. Now, what the hell do we do? Go looking for rocks?

Bad idea all around.

OMG. They'll have to actually talk to one another!

[5Stars]

OMG. They'll have to actually talk to one another!

Talk about what? Why the hell did we volunteer for this? Check this rock out? Where can I get my Mars lander fixed?

Yeah, after about two weeks they are gong to hate each other!

How would you like to be together with three people in isolation for the rest of your life? What is there to talk about?

"i'm getting bored...wanna go looking for rocks?"

"Yeah, OK...I guess, just let me get this damn red dust out of my eye first.."

[jobberone]

Excuse my ignorance, but how will they be able to supply two years worth of oxygen for 10 people?

You can rebreath oxygen but I don't know long term loses. And you have to be able to scrub CO2. It's more complicated than that but I'll have to review that again to say more. Water is likely to be more of a problem. You have to have enough for humans and plants as well as be able to recycle. All that equipment will have to be there ahead of time. Unless they think they can get their water from the Martian soil/rocks. Then you have to have the equipment to do that and I have zero idea about extracting water from rock esp on Mars.

Somebody has already thought about all this and they know the questions and answers. It's probably just a matter of getting it off earth which is expensive then to Mars then safely on Mars. Over my head.

[dexternjack]

If I had no wife or kids and a doctor told me I had 2 years left to live, I would jump on the first trip. What a way to go out!

[joseephuss]

You can rebreath oxygen but I don't know long term loses. And you have to be able to scrub CO2. It's more complicated than that but I'll have to review that again to say more. Water is likely to be more of a problem. You have to have enough for humans and plants as well as be able to recycle. All that equipment will have to be there ahead of time. Unless they think they can get their water from the Martian soil/rocks. Then you have to have the equipment to do that and I have zero idea about extracting water from rock esp on Mars.

Somebody has already thought about all this and they know the questions and answers. It's probably just a matter of getting it off earth which is expensive then to Mars then safely on Mars. Over my head.

It can all be done, but I don't know if it can be done in the next 10 years.

[burmafrd]

they have established there is water on mars. That is not the problem.

The problem is power. I doubt they can support the system on Solar alone at that distance from the sun.

Frankly the only way to get the juice you need is nuclear power and that will be fun - you want to see the wackos go really wacko tell them you are putting nuclear fuel on a spacecraft.

I do not think plutonium batteries can get it done on that scale; so you are probably looking at a reactor.

[5Stars]

they have established there is water on mars. That is not the problem.

The problem is power. I doubt they can support the system on Solar alone at that distance from the sun.

Frankly the only way to get the juice you need is nuclear power and that will be fun - you want to see the wackos go really wacko tell them you are putting nuclear fuel on a spacecraft.

I do not think plutonium batteries can get it done on that scale; so you are probably looking at a reactor.

Duracell batteries....everyone knows that?


:rolleyes:

[Sam I Am]

I wonder if I can slip a few people on board.

[67CowboysFan]

If I had no wife or kids and a doctor told me I had 2 years left to live, I would jump on the first trip. What a way to go out!
I'll be getting close to retirement age in 2023. If they can keep the beer and smokes coming on the supply ship, count me in. :D

[Sam I Am]

I'll be getting close to retirement age in 2023. If they can keep the beer and smokes coming on the supply ship, count me in. :D

:laugh2: I can't even imagine what a weightless hang over would feel like, (or even being head-spinning drunk would feel like) but it can't be good. That isn't even talking about how horrible puking in a weightless environment would be. Especially to those not puking! :lmao2:

[DFWJC]

Pretty cool

BTW, why is this called a suicide mission?

By the 2023 they'll have plenty of advances to take care of some the boredom questions. The colony would require plenty of work and maintenence. There would be exploration ventures and science projects, of course.
And I'm sure they would have many forms of entertainment.

[TheKey]

Pretty cool

BTW, why is this called a suicide mission?

By the 2023 they'll have plenty of advances to take care of some the boredom questions. The colony would require plenty of work and maintenence. There would be exploration ventures and science projects, of course.
And I'm sure they would have many forms of entertainment.

Because they will all eventually die on Mars.

[cowboy_ron]

Pizza delivery would be a little on the expensive side.

[Yeagermeister]

If I had no wife or kids and a doctor told me I had 2 years left to live, I would jump on the first trip. What a way to go out!

If you only had 2 yrs left to live you wouldn't be selected.

[DFWJC]

Because they will all eventually die on Mars.
:rolleyes: Funny.

But if you live your life out and then die of natural causes, that is not suicide.

That's like saying you're going to move to and retire in Florida and never plan to live in any other stae...so you are on a suicide mission to Florida.:laugh2:

Oh well, I was just curious...no big deal.

[joseephuss]

Pizza delivery would be a little on the expensive side.

No way if it isn't delivered in 30 minutes, it's free.

:rolleyes: Funny.

But if you live your life out and then die of natural causes, that is not suicide.

That's like saying you're going to move to and retire in Florida and never plan to live in any other stae...so you are on a suicide mission to Florida.:laugh2:

Oh well, I was just curious...no big deal.

If you move to Florida you still have a reasonable ability to leave any time you want. You have a choice. You go to Mars, you can't leave. You may want to leave, but you won't have the ability to do so. Not with the limited resources you will have at your disposal based on these mission goals and plans.

[justbob]

Everyone should send Yeags name in for the drawing

[Yeagermeister]

Everyone should send Yeags name in for the drawing

I'd take up the space of two people :laugh1:

[Kristen82]

Pizza delivery would be a little on the expensive side.

You should be mission commander because you're always alert to the most important details ;).

[Hoofbite]

Because they will all eventually die on Mars.

As opposed to dying on...............Earth?

[Hoofbite]

I'm not sure I'd call it a suicide mission.

Everyone knows that you just need to kickstart the reactor and Mars would have clean air to breath.

If it weren't for that jerk, Cohagen, Mars would be colonized by now.

[burmafrd]

Mars is too light of a planet and too far from the sun to ever be terraformed.
It cannot sustain an atmosphere that is thick enough. And the distance would prevent sufficent heat even if that was not the case. IF people live there permanently it will be under huge domes or underground.

[BrAinPaiNt]

I'm not sure I'd call it a suicide mission.

Everyone knows that you just need to kickstart the reactor and Mars would have clean air to breath.

If it weren't for that jerk, Cohagen, Mars would be colonized by now.

Psst...Kuato Lives...pass it on.

[joseephuss]

Psst...Kuato Lives...pass it on.

Sorry, but hanging out of someone's belly ain't really my idea of living.

Will there be a scene of Kate Beckinsale fighting Jessica Biel in the new movie? That would be hot.

[Yeagermeister]

You should be mission commander because you're always alert to the most important details ;).

They couldn't pack enough scotch to make it worth the trip

[Double Trouble]

Fascinating.

Although, I don't see this ending well.

[Yeagermeister]

Sorry, but hanging out of someone's belly ain't really my idea of living.

Will there be a scene of Kate Beckinsale fighting Jessica Biel in the new movie? That would be hot.

Makes me think of the scene in Undercover Brother where they are all fighting until the guys notice the two women fighting. They stop, pull up chairs and :popcorn:

:laugh2:

[AmarilloCowboyFan]

Sorry, but hanging out of someone's belly ain't really my idea of living.

Will there be a scene of Kate Beckinsale fighting Jessica Biel in the new movie? That would be hot.

Pillow fight in their undies?

[cowboy_ron]

You should be mission commander because you're always alert to the most important details ;).
:D:p:

[cowboy_ron]

They couldn't pack enough scotch to make it worth the trip
Then I refuse to go. yeags..:D

[Yeagermeister]

Then I refuse to go. yeags..:D

I can't blame you. I'd need a ginormus supply of diet coke :laugh2: