Going to Mars will involve all sorts of risks. Going bonkers might be the biggest

[Reverend Conehead]

Really interesting article on the psychological challenges of a long space mission such as one to Mars.

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/scienc...ll-sorts-risks-going-bonkers-might-ncna895261

 

[Ranched]

I just came back. Sure wasn't a risk for me.

 

[Runwildboys]

Just send guys who have been married for several years, with a few kids. They'll love the peace and quiet.

 

[Xelda]

Just send guys who have been married for several years, with a few kids. They'll love the peace and quiet.

An alternative: Send the kids. Not necessarily to Mars, just around the moon a couple of times. Your neighbors will thank you.

 

[Runwildboys]

An alternative: Send the kids. Not necessarily to Mars, just around the moon a couple of times. Your neighbors will thank you.

Definitely not to Mars. The Martians will consider it an act of war!

 

[YosemiteSam]

Just send guys who have been married for several years, with a few kids. They'll love the peace and quiet.

Hmmm. Does the spacecraft come with an Internet connection? If so, I might do this.

 

[YosemiteSam]

An alternative: Send the kids. Not necessarily to Mars, just around the moon a couple of times. Your neighbors will thank you.

Well, you could send the wife. I mean, Alice went and she didn't complain.

 

[Longboysfan]

Definitely not to Mars. The Martians will consider it an act of war!

Yes. I have a lot of games to catch up on.

 

[cowboyec]

just wanna see it happen in my life-time.

who the hell am I kiddin'....we probably already did....more than once with recovered alien technology we back engineered.....never mind.

just hope it happens in my lifetime.

 

[nobody]

Well, given technology today, the first trip there is most likely one way and fatal. But what a way to go!

 

[Tabascocat]

There will be base on the Moon first before they try to go that far.

 

[Tabascocat]

Since we are kind of on the subject..........

I have been pondering a question for awhile now. Our life as we know it will end at some point by some major event. When we inevitably perish due to some extinction event, would you want to be there to witness the how and why? Or are ya satisfied going to the grave never knowing what happens to us as a species and/or planet?

I imagine the answers will vary due to children, generations etc but if lets say, the world would end in the next 30 years........I think I would want to witness it. If it is thousands/millions of years from now, then it would be a NO from me........carry on humans

Kind of a downer but I have always been intrigued of what will happen and if it is in our cards in the very near future, I want to see what happens.

Sorry, but I have been watching SCIHD tonight about space and asteroids......my mind is buzzing

 

[dreghorn2]

Since we are kind of on the subject..........

I have been pondering a question for awhile now. Our life as we know it will end at some point by some major event.

That will probably depend on whether or not we have passed the Great Filter.

https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/fermi-paradox.html

 

[Reverend Conehead]

Since we are kind of on the subject..........

I have been pondering a question for awhile now. Our life as we know it will end at some point by some major event. When we inevitably perish due to some extinction event, would you want to be there to witness the how and why? Or are ya satisfied going to the grave never knowing what happens to us as a species and/or planet?

I imagine the answers will vary due to children, generations etc but if lets say, the world would end in the next 30 years........I think I would want to witness it. If it is thousands/millions of years from now, then it would be a NO from me........carry on humans

Kind of a downer but I have always been intrigued of what will happen and if it is in our cards in the very near future, I want to see what happens.

Sorry, but I have been watching SCIHD tonight about space and asteroids......my mind is buzzing

I want humans to be able to colonize another planet and thrive there. That's a HUGE endeavor because the Earth is the only habitable planet in the solar system, and the nearest other star is extremely far away, so far that it would take a generational ship at current possible speeds.

 

[Runwildboys]

I want humans to be able to colonize another planet and thrive there. That's a HUGE endeavor because the Earth is the only habitable planet in the solar system, and the nearest other star is extremely far away, so far that it would take a generational ship at current possible speeds.

Let's not forget that we will always continue to evolve. Who knows what we'll need and what we'll be capable of doing in the distant future?

 

[jsb357]

Sorry, but I have been watching SCIHD tonight about space and asteroids......my mind is buzzing

As long a human existence is dependent upon the rock upon which they reside,
they (humans) are susceptible to a single event extinction possibility.