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http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl Member Run Boards >> Fringe >> One way trip to Mars... http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1381125376 Message started by Jaqs on Oct 7^th, 2013 at 3:56pm

Title: One way trip to Mars...
Post by Jaqs on Oct 7^th, 2013 at 3:56pm

Over 200,000 hopeful applicants are eager to live out the rest of their lives on another planet.

Would you consider it?

Title: Re: One way trip to Mars...
Post by Jaqs on Oct 7^th, 2013 at 5:04pm

I like the idea - however this is what puts me off:

..."live out the rest of their lives on another world - or, to be, exact, within 200 square meters of combined interior space and on a swath of barren planet accessible only when clad in a protective suit."

Title: Re: One way trip to Mars...
Post by bobbythebat1 on Oct 7^th, 2013 at 6:53pm

No - only an idiot would do that.

Title: Re: One way trip to Mars...
Post by Jaqs on Oct 7^th, 2013 at 7:05pm

Bobby. wrote on Oct 7^th, 2013 at 6:53pm:

No - only an idiot would do that.

Over 200,000 'idiots' have applied so far. I have to wonder though, when the time comes, how many would have a change of mind. The idea might sound exciting, but reality is "good bye life"... I read one guy saying "what a way to be remembered" - almost like it's his legacy to life.

Title: Re: One way trip to Mars...
Post by Carl D on Oct 7^th, 2013 at 7:15pm

Would you like to go, Jaq? :)

Title: Re: One way trip to Mars...
Post by Jaqs on Oct 7^th, 2013 at 7:17pm

Carl D wrote on Oct 7^th, 2013 at 7:15pm:

Would you like to go, Jaq? :)

Hello Carl, only if I can take my cats! lol

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Title: Re: One way trip to Mars...
Post by muso on Oct 7^th, 2013 at 10:25pm

Decontamination would have to be pretty elaborate. It would probably involve showering with the pressure suit on. Magnesium perchlorate is not very good for the lungs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perchlorate#Health_effects