Who Would Take A One Way Trip To Mars?

[Mr KLC]

http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/17/tech/mars-one-final-100/

This would actually be a pretty good way to go. They say that the explorers would live about 68 days there. Probably won't happen. They need $6 billion for the project. That's a lot of fundraising.

[mp5070]

[ttwarrior1]

one day trip when it takes a year to get there, yeh why not

[mngambler]

I may be in the minority but does anyone else believe that space research/exploration (dating back to the moon landing) is a f*cking gigantic waste of time and money? I mean I understand we need to at least monitor the skies and launch satellites etc. but how many billions have been spent on exploration? and exactly what has it provided the the human race besides some cool videos and pictures? any usable resources? (gold, silver, anything)...nope, extra terrestrial life or other unidentified life that can be seen without using a microscope...nope, another planet where human life could sustain without living in a space station?...nope

maybe a space nerd can change my way of thinking, but I just don't get it

[PaperTrail07]

Chance of the unknown........What do you mean they would spend 68 days there?.(nevermind just read it-crazy)...I thought this was a 1 way trip and that all 24 people selected would NEVER return..they talked about passing away on Mars family ect......

I may be in the minority but does anyone else believe that space research/exploration (dating back to the moon landing) is a f*cking gigantic waste of time and money? I mean I understand we need to at least monitor the skies and launch satellites etc. but how many billions have been spent on exploration? and exactly what has it provided the the human race besides some cool videos and pictures? any usable resources? (gold, silver, anything)...nope, extra terrestrial life or other unidentified life that can be seen without using a microscope...nope, another planet where human life could sustain without living in a space station?...nope

maybe a space nerd can change my way of thinking, but I just don't get it

[PaperTrail07]

The Isolation would drive the last 2-4 people just INSANE IMO...

[muldoon]

The 68 days is what MIT calculated they'd last using today's technology.

2024 is 9 years away.

9 years ago the Iphone was still 2 years away.

[The Kraken]

I may be in the minority but does anyone else believe that space research/exploration (dating back to the moon landing) is a f*cking gigantic waste of time and money? I mean I understand we need to at least monitor the skies and launch satellites etc. but how many billions have been spent on exploration? and exactly what has it provided the the human race besides some cool videos and pictures? any usable resources? (gold, silver, anything)...nope, extra terrestrial life or other unidentified life that can be seen without using a microscope...nope, another planet where human life could sustain without living in a space station?...nope

maybe a space nerd can change my way of thinking, but I just don't get it

Much of the technology that we use today comes from NASA

So while it seems that we're just spending billions of dollars to cruise around space, it's far from that.

Most cell phone technology, especially that of the Iphones, came directly from NASA

[YorkHunt]

KLC...do you and Big Bear share brains?

[brooks85]

I signed up for this, was not chosen tho. Lucky sobs.

[Ghenghis Kahn]

KLC...do you and Big Bear share brains?

father-daughter obviously...

[The Kraken]

Brooks it was me that signed you up