Human Colony on Mars to be financed by reality tv show.

[Cowboy Brian]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...sh-human-colony-Red-Planet-2023.html?ITO=1490

There will be life on Mars: Mission to create first human colony by 2023 - and it will be filmed for reality TV show
Seven-month mission to be financed by reality show on Earth
By 2033, there will be 20 people living on Mars
Mission backed by co-creator of Big Brother and Nobel-winning physicists
Reality show on Earth will finance mission


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...man-colony-Red-Planet-2023.html#ixzz1wsxlB1Ng

 

[a_minimalist]

this is one reality show i would watch. but i'm not so sure i believe it.

 

[zrinkill]

but i'm not so sure i believe it.

Look who posted it.

 

[CowboyMcCoy]

I wrote a sci-fi story where this very thing happens... cool.

 

[YosemiteSam]

I predict this will end badly, but it would make for a hell off a TV show when the entire cast dies on the trip to Mars. :laugh2:


Really gotta see how they are going to get the billions of dollars required to fund this to make just the trip there possible. I bet we are more likely to see clips of people near the Grand Canyon than actually on Mars for a TV show.

 

[joseephuss]

2023? That seems like a very optimistic time frame. It would take that long to build a ship that can transport the people and equipment required to build a colony, even a small one on Mars.

 

[YosemiteSam]

2023? That seems like a very optimistic time frame. It would take that long to build a ship that can transport the people and equipment required to build a colony, even a small one on Mars.

They aren't planning to use a ship. They want to use a trebuchet. It's the cheaper way to fly! :laugh2:

 

[jobberone]

2023? That seems like a very optimistic time frame. It would take that long to build a ship that can transport the people and equipment required to build a colony, even a small one on Mars.

If they can establish a base on the moon then there are plans for a steam powered ship that can make the trip is a few months. Much of the ship is inflatable with water mined on the moon. I don't see them establishing a moon base soon enough what with the economy so I'm guessing 2030-40 time frame.