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Posted: 12/26/2015 12:45:02 PM EST
So I was listening to the latest Adam Savage podcast and his guest was NASA's Chief Technology Officer.  He mentioned that in the 2030s, NASA will be going to Mars twice.  The first trip would into Mars' atmosphere and then then second would be a landing.



My discussion question is: What would be an acceptable failure percentage for your trip?  Would you only go if there was a 10% failure rate?  or would you still go if the failure rate was 75%?
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 12:46:39 PM EST
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10% Yes
75% No
50% Yeah, why not?
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 12:47:00 PM EST
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sure, I've got nothing holding me here
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 12:48:16 PM EST
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Nope.

Too old for that much adventure.


Link Posted: 12/26/2015 12:48:53 PM EST
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I won't even go to Mexico
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 12:49:10 PM EST
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Would not go if there was a 100% success rate.  What is so special about Mars? -there are barren red deserts right here on Earth if that is the desired landscape.
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 12:50:26 PM EST
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Nope. Manned Mars missions are a waste of resources at this time.

We could put a nuclear power/water/oxygen/hydrogen plant on Ceres for less than it would cost to put a man on Mars and bring him back.

Maybe if I didn't have a family I'd go just to be the guy who went.
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 12:50:39 PM EST
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Nope, because they want a new libtard society developed there.   Why help with that goal???
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 12:51:08 PM EST
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In the words of Mark Watney:  You of out of your fucking mind?
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 12:51:24 PM EST
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I think it would tug at the the adventure parts of us.  How many people can say they've been to Mars?



 
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 12:51:52 PM EST
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Link Posted: 12/26/2015 12:53:23 PM EST
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I figured more people would jump at the opportunity for this.
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 12:58:28 PM EST
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Yes, I would go in a heart beat.

Link Posted: 12/26/2015 1:04:17 PM EST
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I still rather we went back to the moon first and work out building habitats and stuff there and open it up to the average guy to go as long as they can pass a physical and mental evaluation.
Are they still saying Mars is a one way trip? If so no
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 1:05:49 PM EST
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Just saw that the other day.  Makes me not want to go to Mars.  
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 1:06:46 PM EST
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maybe, idk.
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 1:07:30 PM EST
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As long as there are no liberals allowed. Someone had to say it!
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 1:08:05 PM EST
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I still rather we went back to the moon first and work out building habitats and stuff there and open it up to the average guy to go as long as they can pass a physical and mental evaluation.

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I think it would be good to colonize the Moon and get that going efficiently and economically.  Then, start thinking big.



 
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Just saw that the other day.  Makes me not want to go to Mars.  
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In the words of Mark Watney:  You of out of your fucking mind?




Just saw that the other day.  Makes me not want to go to Mars.  
Read the book.  It's fucking amazing compared to the movie.

 
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 1:09:43 PM EST
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Yeah, I guess once you're seen attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion everything else if so humdrum...

It's a different PLANET!!!  IN SPACE!!!  It's not like it's a new Five Guys burger joint down on the corner!
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 1:12:13 PM EST
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I think it would be good to colonize the Moon and get that going efficiently and economically.  Then, start thinking big.
 
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I still rather we went back to the moon first and work out building habitats and stuff there and open it up to the average guy to go as long as they can pass a physical and mental evaluation.
Are they still saying Mars is a one way trip? If so no
I think it would be good to colonize the Moon and get that going efficiently and economically.  Then, start thinking big.
 

Nah, fuck the Moon, it's a dead rock and has no benefit over a space station or just launching from Earth.  We just need to get the fuck started.  I'd like to see a manned Mars expedition before I die.  I've given up on ever getting the flying car I was promised when I was a kid...
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 1:13:22 PM EST
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I'm in.
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 1:14:25 PM EST
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We should send the Leftists and Communists there instead........after all it is the Red planet
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 1:14:54 PM EST
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I would in ten years, if I get to bring my own sidearm.
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 1:16:16 PM EST
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Is the salary great than $19.00 an hour?  Is there a per diem?  If so, where do I sign up.
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 1:17:28 PM EST
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Returning to the Moon .......... practice.

Landing a Mars lander ... on Earth .... practice.

Landing the same design, unmanned, on Mars .... practice.

Setting foot on Mars .... victory.


Why?  Because it is there.  

People who don't understand that statement are free to continue toiling in their daily regimens.
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 1:18:58 PM EST
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I've been to Ceres, it's pretty but boring.
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Nope. Manned Mars missions are a waste of resources at this time.

We could put a nuclear power/water/oxygen/hydrogen plant on Ceres for less than it would cost to put a man on Mars and bring him back.

Maybe if I didn't have a family I'd go just to be the guy who went.



I've been to Ceres, it's pretty but boring.


A gas station doesn't need to be pretty or exciting, so long as it fills the tanks.
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 1:19:19 PM EST
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Read the book.  It's fucking amazing compared to the movie.  
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Just saw that the other day.  Makes me not want to go to Mars.  
Read the book.  It's fucking amazing compared to the movie.  


Agreed.  Great book.
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 1:19:54 PM EST
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I don't know about per diem, but I can guarantee that the salary is a hell of a lot higher than $19.00 an hour.
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 1:23:57 PM EST
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For a two-way trip with a high probability of success?  Sure, that's easy.

A one-way trip to colonize Mars?  Hell no.

Read the Red Mars / Green Mars / Blue Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson.  It's science fiction, but illuminating as to psychological and societal issues that come into play when you give up Earth for a one-way trip to Mars (for colonization).
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 1:24:04 PM EST
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Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids.  In fact, it's cold as hell.  And there's no one there to raise them, if you did.
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 1:24:46 PM EST
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It Takes A Planet.


Link Posted: 12/26/2015 1:27:10 PM EST
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Get your ass to Mars.
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 1:27:40 PM EST
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Nope, when things get shitty and they will, there's no way out of that boat. There is plenty of excitement here on earth.
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 1:28:05 PM EST
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Link Posted: 12/26/2015 1:29:49 PM EST
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I'm all in.. when do we go?
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 1:30:46 PM EST
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Fuck yea.

Where would we be without men like Lewis and Clarke
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 1:32:38 PM EST
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Fuck yes.  First emporer of Mars, bitches!  I knight thee Sir Phobos: Knight of Mars.  Beater of ass.
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 1:32:56 PM EST
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Yes...leaving this stupid planet..would be a pleasure..
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 1:33:34 PM EST
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So I was listening to the latest Adam Savage podcast and his guest was NASA's Chief Technology Officer.  He mentioned that in the 2030s, NASA will be going to Mars twice.  The first trip would into Mars' atmosphere and then then second would be a landing.

My discussion question is: What would be an acceptable failure percentage for your trip?  Would you only go if there was a 10% failure rate?  or would you still go if the failure rate was 75%?
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To be one of the first humans to attempt to colonize/terraform mars into a livable planet, I would volunteer even if the failure rate was 95%

Yes, you would likely die a horrible, agonizing death, but just think of what you would see and do..... it would be an amazing way to go.
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 1:33:35 PM EST
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Yes...leaving this stupid planet..would be a pleasure..
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I'd rather make all the stupid people leave.

 
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 1:35:03 PM EST
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Life is an adventure.  Why not?
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 1:35:15 PM EST
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Yes.
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 1:36:01 PM EST
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I'm too old now, but I'd have gone in a heartbeat when I was younger.



Incidentally, I watched 'The Martian' last night. Good flick.
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 1:36:04 PM EST
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We need to find if egible plants can grow on Mars. Long term human habitation will be impossible without it.

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Link Posted: 12/26/2015 1:36:45 PM EST
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I don't know about per diem, but I can guarantee that the salary is a hell of a lot higher than $19.00 an hour.
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Is the salary great than $19.00 an hour?  Is there a per diem?  If so, where do I sign up.


I don't know about per diem, but I can guarantee that the salary is a hell of a lot higher than $19.00 an hour.


Shit, id do it for peanuts as long as my wife was taken care of
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 1:37:08 PM EST
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No. No water, no trees, no gentle breeze, no hunting, no fishing. What's the appeal?
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 1:40:01 PM EST
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Would I go? Get the hell out a my acceleration couch!
Link Posted: 12/26/2015 1:43:26 PM EST
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Sure
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